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TIL that H&R Block owns the trademark for the GIF file format.

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v1XJK TIL RPG doesn’t actually stand for rocket-propelled grenade instead it actually stands for “Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot” which translates to “Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
wDYE TIL Paul McCartney wrote the song “Hey, Jude” to console Julian Lennon during his parents breakup. Julian stated later that Paul was more of a father figure than John ever was.
OooBe TIL Johnny Depp is suing his money managers due to the fact that they are not legally required to do whats best for him
R5b94 TIL that the 1918 Flu was definitively connected to Influenza virus using a remarkably preserved body in Alaska, that still had remnants of Flu RNA which was sequenced and recreated.
R5rR4 TIL the male head of any Roman family possessed "ius vitae necisque," "the right of life and death," and could legally execute any of his children at any age.