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TIL the concept of putting wheels on luggage was invented in 1970, a year after we put humans on the moon.

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pYPrA TIL that Zach Galifianakis recorded a song with Fiona Apple called “Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)”
QJNdd Misleading by "telling the truth" is so pervasive in daily life that a new term has recently been coined to describe it: paltering.
MjJW TIL “Fuck Her Right In the Pussy” earned the phrase creator enough money to “completely able to get out of debt, buy a new car, buy a home and relocate to Orlando, Florida, and still have money left over.”
aw6mZ TIL There was a cannon designed to simultaneously shoot two cannonballs connected with a chain to "mow down the enemy somewhat as a scythe cuts wheat". During tests the Gilleland cannon effectively mowed down trees, tore up a cornfield, knocked down a chimney and killed an unfortunate cow.
gpN9 TIL that during World War 2, the US briefly renamed Hamburgers to “Liberty Steaks”. As Hamburgers sounded too German.