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TIL Arya Stark from Game of Thrones was Maisie Williams’ first role in anything

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8eEKK TIL The term CARE package is a registered trademark and originally referred to aid sent to Europe after WW2 by the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
ap9J TIL: That an estimated (more than) one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Frederick “Fred” Cossom Hollows, AC (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993), a New Zealand and Australian ophthalmologist
9YjZQ TIL that Christopher Guest (of Spinal Tap and Best in Show fame) is from a long line of a British aristocrats. He is a member of the House of Lords and his official title is The Right Honorable Lord Hayden-Guest
0Mrv TIL that in 2010, 75% of Americans nearing retirement age had less than $30,000 in their retirement accounts.
b70 TIL the crew of the Mayflower II cast a message in a bottle overboard in 1957 that was signed by all of them, including Felix the kitten, with promise of reward. No one knew the whereabouts of the message until it was found at a flea market earlier this year.