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TIL the reason why action figures in the 60’s were 11 inches and the same action figures in the 70’s shrank to 4 inches was because of the oil shortage.

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OGLKg TIL for decades, Marian Breland Bailey and her husband(s) trained animals to do tricks for fun and profit—piano-playing ducks, tic-tac-toe-playing chickens, dolphins for the Navy, cats for the CIA—and ended up pioneering a more humane approach to animal training.
9wpZG TIL rust (corrosion) has an estimated worldwide annual cost of $2.5 trillions, roughly 3.4% of the global GDP
9b8D TIL there is a death metal band called Hatebeak and their lead singer is a parrot
wbg8 TIL until 1970 United Airlines had men-only flights. The “New York” and “Chicago Executive” were advertised as “a club in the sky for men only”, with business-oriented amenities, free cigars, and a steak dinner served by stewardesses (the only women aboard). A lawsuit by feminists ended the flights.
p85lO TIL that the company Cisco is named after San Francisco, where it was founded, and its logo resembles the Golden Gate Bridge