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TIL Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising consultant $13,000 to to name his popcorn “Orville Redenbacher”.

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RnG9 TIL that salamanders are often associated with fire in mythology because they tend to find shelter in rotting logs. When these logs would be used as firewood, the escaping salamanders would “magically” appear from the flames.
KYNaa TIL petting a dog for only 18 minutes can raise immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels in our saliva, an antibody that helps protect against infection.
awgbN TIL of James Martin Stagg, a meteorologist for the allies in WW2 tasked with finding the day with the right conditions for the D-Day invasion. His team and him predicted that the weather would clear up on June 6th, which the Germans didn’t predict. He was right and D-Day was successful.
6EW6Y TIL The cast of Friends is making more now (20 million) per year off of syndication than they did during the final season (1 million per episode for 18 episodes)
4Voo TIL that in the movie Blade Runner, Harrison Ford believed that his character was a human while Ridley Scott believed Ford’s character was a replicant.