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TIL sliced bread was originally advertised as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”

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0wMQN TIL Mike Tyson offered zookeeper $10,000 to punch a gorilla that was bullying other gorillas.
9Y18Q TIL that according to an analysis of 1.6 billion words from 41,829 issues of 132 newspapers from 1830 to 1860, George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address was still "going viral" nearly half a century after it was first published
7rmbL TIL Pakistan was actually two countries, with 'East' and 'West' Pakistan. East Pakistan was over 1300 miles away and subsequently became the country of Bangledesh in 1971.
VBWok TIL The Martha Mitchell effect occurs when a medical professional labels a patient's accurate perception of real events as delusional, resulting in misdiagnosis.
LQvMp TIL that a "gentlemen's agreement" was reached among the major motorcycle manufacturers to limit the speed of their motorcycles to 300 km/h (186 mph) for fear of import bans against high speed motorcycles in Europe.