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TIL Bayer trademarked the name Heroin™, but lost the trademark in 1919 as part of the treaty of Versailles.

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Z8kv TIL that Mister Rogers was awarded 40 honorary degrees throughout his career as an entertainer and educator.
b9XV4 TIL: Verizon will hang up on you (and refuse to communicate) if you inform them that you are recording the phone call. Even though they require you to let them record you.
R70wQ TIL in 1995, Courtney Love was ejected from Lollapalooza after starting a fight with the crowd for not cheering loud enough. She jumped off stage and began chasing two men. After security carried her off the premises, the festival MC began playing "All Apologies" by Nirvana in retaliation.
xxLw TIL the term mothership is from the whaling trade when small, fast ships were used to chase and kill whales. The dead meat from several boats was then brought back to the larger, slower ship for processing and storage until the return to land.
E15MX TIL of "cargo cults", originated in early 20th century tribal communities on a number of Pacific islands, whose followers believe that either an American WWII soldier named John Frum, or Prince Philip, are their saviours.