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TIL that 11% of Americans think that HTML is an STD.
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D1wKg
TIL about "Soldier's Disease" AKA morphine addiction. Due to it's widespread use as a painkiller, the Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
AZKn
TIL The spooky droning gibberish played in the end credits of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is creator Maxwell Atoms talking backwards saying: “No, no. This is the end of the show. You’re watching it backwards.”
kJo65
TIL Gaius Appuleius Diocles was one of the most successful charioteers in Rome. He had bagged more than 1400 wins in his 24 year career, and is considered to be the highest paid athlete of all time.
xRX1
TIL Andrew Jackson was the first sitting president to almost be assassinated. After the first pistol failed to be discharged a second pistol was pulled, that one too misfired. The likelihood of both pistols misfiring was 120,000 to 1.
DVOD
TIL Nissan Motors sued Uzi Nissan (owner of Nissan Computer Corp and nissan.com of 20+ years) for $10M. Uzi has spent over $3M defending his right and legally the courts agree, but still Nissan Motors is trying to muscle the domain away via Trademark law by entering the computers market.