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gbo9 TIL The Lululemon retail chain’s name came from the founder’s desire to watch Japanese people try to pronounce it
0w4ZM TIL both Destiny’s Child and Alicia Keys made their debut on the soundtrack to Men in Black
16A9P TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.
9Y6DX TIL before police used fingerprints to identify individuals, they used a system called Bertillonage which used several measurements of different body parts. It lost popularity when Leavenworth prison had two inmates with the same name, measurements, and physical appearance.
kJZO7 TIL that a 2006 study showed those who knew they were being prayed for and shared the religious belief of those praying were less likely to recover than those not receiving prayers after heart surgery.