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TIL that when asked what he’d do if his daughter got pregnant, Republican Vice President Dan Quayle said in 1992 that he would support her in whatever she decided to do. Asked the same about his own daughter, then presidential challenger Bill Clinton replied “I wouldn’t talk to the press about it.”

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Z8NPG TIL, by Washington's first inauguration, he only had a single remaining tooth to which awkward dentures were attached. As he aged, people mistook his increasing lack of conversation as him being distant and unfriendly when, in reality, he was simply trying to keep his dentures from falling out
4k99R TIL that in 2022 two Californians filed a class action lawsuit against Barilla pasta because they thought it was made in Italy. They argue they suffered financial harm because they would not have bought it if they knew it was made in the US. The combined total they spent was $6.
rAwo TIL that WiFi does not stand for Wireless Fidelity. It stands for… nothing. It’s a made up catchy name developed by a marketing company.
ayOL TIL the word “dumpster” started out as a brand name, like kleenex, velcro, etc.
Y7Ro7 TIL according to medieval legend the Codex Gigas was created by a monk sentenced to be walled up alive; but to escape death promised to create, in one night, a book with all human knowledge. Near midnight, the desperate monk gave Lucifer his soul to finish the book. Thus, a nickname "Devil's Bible".