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TIL that Goofy was originally called "Dippy Dawg".

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Wnjd TIL that lawyer who helped Honda fight against rollover bars for quad bikes was killed in a quad bike accident.
nepxr TIL A thin layer of gold on NASA astronaut's helmet visor fends off dangerous effects of solar radiation. Satellite microelectronics that instantaneously relay data around the globe also depend on gold components to ensure reliable, corrosion-resistant and static-free performance.
Mekpa TIL that milk taken from cow's at night make you sleepier that milk taken from the day
jNokv TIL about Coxey's Army. It was the first popular protest march on Washington. Composed of unemployed workers from the United States, the protesters petitioned for government jobs in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time.
X0avE TIL: The poem, Catullus 16, written by Gaius Valerius Catullus in Ancient Rome went unpublished for centuries as it was extremely vulgar. The very first line "Pēdīcābo ego vōs et irrumābō " translates to "I will sodomize and facefuck you"