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TIL that the "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality."
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TIL AT&T only put the * and # buttons on the phone keypad because they had extra space, and they figured maybe someone someday will find some use for them.
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TIL That for over 1,000 years a horn has been blown in Ripon every night at 9pm in the four corners of the town square. It is allegedly the longest running unbroken daily ritual in the world.
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TIL That Seth Rogen's first line in his first feature film is "I like your boobs."
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TIL Roald Dahl lost his daughter to measles and wrote a letter urging people to vaccinate their children to stop them from dying.
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TIL of an organization in Belgium training giant rats (nicknamed "HeroRATs") to sniff out landmines in countries where explosive remnants of war pose a large threat to communities. The rats are extremely effective, outperforming both metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs.