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TIL "1984", the commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh during the 1984 Super Bowl, was directed by Ridley Scott

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neM8B TIL the narrator in the new Call of Duty ColdWar Teaser trailer was a real KGB spy named Yuri Bezmenov, and the speech he gave in 1984 highlights what is happening in America today.
pb6b TIL astronauts use liquid salt and pepper because the normal type would just float away and be a safety hazard.
9YKGM TIL following his death at the Battle of Little Big Horn, the reputation of General George Custer was rehabilitated by his widow, who spent decades promoting his image as as the "gallant fallen hero amid the glory of Custer's Last Stand".
NXdnE TIL that the infamous Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos changed the borders of Kalinga-Apayao province to make its outline resemble the silhouette of his own head, facing towards his own native province of Ilocos Norte, until he was ousted in 1986 and the separation of the province in 1995.
Lk7om TIL that in East Germany a used car cost more than the same model cost brand new.