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TIL the Gillette Fusion range of blades cost only £0.05 ($0.08USD) each to manufacture, yet sold for up to £2.43 ($3.68USD): a mark-up price of more than 4,750%

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l779B TIL of the Wallstreet bombing of 1920 that killed more than 30 people and injuring more than 300. A driver stopped the animal and it's load near the U.S Assay Office in the heart of Wallstreet and disappeared into the crowd. Within Minutes exploded into a hail of metal fragments and remains unsolved
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M7kjK TIL Michael J. Fox and food writer Michael Pollan are brothers in law. Fox has been married to Pollan's sister Tracy since 1988.
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AQ1n TIL the abbreviated title “Mrs.” isn’t actually derived from the word “missus”, but rather from “mistress” instead. Addressing a woman as a mistress used to be considered a courtesy, until the term took on the less-dignified meaning we know it by today.