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TIL King Charles VI of France really believed he was made out of glass.

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69rmZ TIL - Kitchen counters are named counters after tables used in banks and stores which were used for counting and other transactions. It’s also where we get the terms “over the counter” and “under the counter”.
V6LG TIL in 2008 Tropicana changed its logo from an orange with a straw in it to a glass of orange juice. Their sales dropped 20% in one month so they went back to the original.
oBa5K TIL Sparta called itself Lacedaemon, which is why the symbol for Sparta is the Greek letter Lambda
4GB6 TIL General Mills cereal company removed the bee from boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios to raise awareness of declining bee populations
gr119 TIL in 1871 to support the need for more bells in the Cologne Cathedral, Kaiser Wilhelm I donated 24 captured French canons to be melted down and cast. The three ton bell created was named Kaiserglocke. Ironically the bell was melted down in 1918 to support the German war effort.