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TIL the bazooka rocket launcher was nicknamed for a musical instrument invented by a radio comedian in the 1910s

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Bvyb TIL that the richest woman in Germany met her future husband while she was working in an apprenticeship at BMW (which she owned 12.5 percent of) under a fake name. He had no idea who she actually was until they were sure about their relationship.
neW19 TIL bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun
wLyAJ TIL : In 2010, blooper footage surfaced in which ALF was made to deliver racial jokes and sexual comments. He was actually mocking a then-recent episode of L.A. Law dealing with Tourette syndrome. Producer Steve Lamar stated that the footage was from an era when things were not so "ridiculously PC".
Zpp5Y TIL the reason for the signs that say "$10 if we fail to give you a receipt" at stores. They aren't for receipt-obsessed customers, they are there to keep the employees from stealing. If employees don't ring up your purchase and generate receipt, the employee could just put cash in their pocket.
dBoQ TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling