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TIL that the original "Diddy" sued Sean Combs over the name in 2006—and won!

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oRNY TIL A British officer once led his crew in singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” as their ship was sinking
P9Jn TIL that there is a German whisky company that, prior to bottling, pour their whisky over a Playboy model’s naked breasts.
9YB4G TIL there’s a chef that lost all of his taste due to radiation in curing his stage four cancer. He regained his taste back eventually, but slowly. Now he owns a three Michelin star restaurant in Chicago and is praised by his unique flavor combinations.
6A08 TIL Titanic’s fourth funnel was fake, added to make the ship look more powerful (and symmetrical). A bit like putting a dummy exhaust on a car.
ZpEa4 TIL that potato “eyes”come from undifferentiated stem cells that can sense their environment and decide whether to grow roots or shoots based on where they are. If they are underground they become roots, above ground they become shoots and grow leaves.