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TIL trash bags were only invented in 1950, so there are plenty of people alive who predate them, and who may have grown up without them.

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vdWr TIL one penny and two pence coins are legal tender only up to the sum of 20p; this means that it is permissible to refuse payment of sums greater than this amount in 1p and 2p coins in order to settle a debt. (UK)
ZWpG TIL McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets have four distinct shapes named the ball, the bone, the bell and the boot
XGkP TIL General Motors once hired prostitutes to attempt to seduce Ralph Nader in order to discredit him in his campaign to force the automobile industry to include seatbelts in its cars.
Br08K TIL: Irish actor Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler's List, etc.) was offered the role of James Bond, but turned it down because his fiancée told him she wouldn't marry him if he took the role.
Z8MeR TIL that Dr Dre has beaten a couple women. Years ago he publicly beat a female reporter at a party while his bodyguard held the crowd back. He also beat his ex girlfriend while they were together.