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TIL "grawlixes" are typographical symbols standing in for profanities in comic strips, appearing in dialogue balloons in place of actual dialogue.

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JQ0v TIL: In 1979, Kane Kramer not only drew (quite accuratly) what would become the iPod, he accurately predicted digital music downloads before the internet as we know it existed.
OG5V6 TIL Bill Melendez (Director of Peanuts Animations) and Hawley Pratt (Director of Pink Panther Cartoons) while worked at Disney, before the strike they were friends and developed their own Naval Game with Toy Ships.
4XExR TIL that the actor who played Teal'c in Stargate, SG1 (Christopher Judge) is also the voice for Kratos in God of War
GA9bj TIL Glur's Tavern, founded in 1876 in Nebraska, is the oldest continuously operated tavern west of the Mississippi river. Frequented by Buffalo Bill, allegedly he once paid his tab with a $1,000 bill!
d8LmZ TIL Subaru Corporation used to be called Nakajima Aircraft Company. They started out making military aircraft during WWII and eventually designed and produced Apache (AH64-D) Attack Helicopters.