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TIL almost every time the General Lee jumped in the Dukes of Hazzard, the car was totaled. About 300 General Lees died while filming, generally two per episode.

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9wx7G TIL Victorian poet Robert Browning believed that a "twat" was an item of clothing worn by nuns, and included an infamous line about "cowls and twats" in one of his poems. He came to this conclusion after misinterpreting a vulgar rhyme which mentioned "old nuns' twats".
yQR9a TIL The use of barber's pole dates back to the middle ages. The barbers used to perform surgery on customers, therefore the colored stripes indicated that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue).
LQOVV TIL: Some Japanese families without a son will adopt a Mukoyōshi or adopted son-in-law. They marry a daughter, run the family business, and take their wives surname. Nintendo, Kikkoman, and Toyota, are owned by families that have adopted this practice.
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e09db TIL the British invented the word "soccer" 200 years ago, as slang for association football ("assoc."-er). It only lost popularity in the '80s, when the term became "too American"