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TIL Patti Mayonnaise got her last name because her voice actor, Connie Shulman, was a Kraft mayonnaise spokesperson.

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ZpPoQ TIL that as of 2022, Canada and Denmark now share a land border

gBA4 TIL that Keira Knightley played the role of Sabé, the handmaiden of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in Star Wars: Episode 1. The two girls looked so alike in full makeup that even their own mothers had difficulty telling them apart on set.

neVxG TIL That Joan Kroc gave NPR $200 million because they were the only ones that picked up the phone when she way trying to give it out

gONA TIL that Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, built an electric guitar from scratch with his father when he was 16 years old, and called it the Red Special. He used that same guitar for his entire career, and it is his most prized possession.

4oaJ TIL that in October of 1981, a soviet Whiskey class submarine ran aground on the south coast of Sweden. This incident became known as “Whiskey on the rocks”.