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TIL that Garfield was never meant to be funny.

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R7JG6 TIL of the Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger", which means that people will accept absurd information, as long as enough people are saying it.
ReG4 TIL that in the 90’s when Microsoft was unimpressed with a programmer’s performance, they would threaten to reassign them to work on “Microsoft Dogs” an interactive CD-ROM to inform dog owners of the proper care and feeding for 500 different breeds of dogs.
awp0L TIL "The Legend of Zelda" was not supposed to be the name of the series. It was intended to be called; "The Hyrule Fantasy", with The Legend of Zelda being the first games subtitle. When ported to the west, "The Hyrule Fantasy" was dropped, which inspired Nintendo to use Zelda as the franchise name.
QJvNX TIL that more than 90% of the legal marijuana products offered in medical dispensaries are much stronger than what clinical studies have shown that doctors recommend for chronic pain relief
OkK6 TIL: The ORANGE is cross between two common fruits, a pomelo and a mandarin, so its a hybrid.