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TIL The Times’s description of a Peter Ustinov documentary stated “highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector”. This quote is used to support use of the serial (Oxford) comma.

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ZdXp TIL Volvo once made a concept car that was especially designed for women. It’s hood had no bonnet that could open up, and its tires were made so that it could run on a flat tire so as to spare ladies from having to change tire by the side of the road
KdEa TIL Many animals were harmed during the filming of Milo and Otis. It was reported that 20 kittens were killed acting as Milo, the producer allegedly had broken a cat’s paw for a scene and threw another one off a cliff.
P6EE TIL over 1700 private jets arrived in Davos for the 2017 World Economic and Climate Forum.
696JW TIL zip codes in the US weren't created until 1963
mxM9O TIL Caffeine is a psychoactive drug that populates a list among others such as Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, Xanax, Fentanyl, Percocet, Psilocybe Mushrooms, and Amanita Muscaria.