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TIL letter 'w' is the Japanese version of LOL

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QN75p TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 260 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first ever TV dinner.
VBWe0 TIL In 1608 Johannes Kepler wrote "Somnium", the first space exploration novel. It is about daemons who transport humans to the moon for four hours when the timing of orbit is right, and they must face "extreme cold and lack of air". Kepler kept the novel a secret from the public
9YJg7 TIL the 1926 Ohio/Indiana border town of College Corner had a high school football team that went 30-2, the team was made up of Miami University football players
mxVWP TIL From at least the 14th century, belief in a flat Earth among the educated was almost nonexistent.
kOmAW TIL that in 2004 there was a "election" for a new Chex flavor in South Korea. The green onion flavor won, but because Kellogg wasn't expecting this, they chose the chocolate flavor anyway. 16 years later, they south Koreans finally got it