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TIL Tom Waits doesn’t allow companies to use his music in advertising, and sues them for using sound-alikes; then he donates the winnings to charity.

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ZAaa TIL that as the average girth of women has increased, fashion firms have stretched the size of their garments, partly in the belief that women feel better (and so are more likely to buy) if they can squeeze into the same size dress as in their more slender youth.
x61Jk TIL the Salish tribes bred and maintained packs of wool dogs for making yarn. They would sheer the dogs in the spring like sheep.
jRWN TIL, if you’re like most drivers, you have your mirrors adjusted unsafely. They should be adjusted far outside so that you can’t see your car at all to get rid of “BLIND” spots.
m1YGy TIL of the SS Warrimoo, a ship that claims to have crossed the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900.
wL0wE TIL that the national meteorological service of Italy is one of the last national meteorological service which is still within the armed forces