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TIL KitchenAid has moved manufacturing of hand mixers from China back to the USA

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epam4 TIL the first tsar (i.e. ruler with that title) ever was Simeon I of Bulgaria (893-927). The last tsar ever was Simeon II of Bulgaria (1943-1946).
EMB7 TIL the longest point in pro tennis history was a 643-shot rally that lasted for 29 minutes.
d854E TIL that in 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing.
GME1 TIL Cuexcomate, near Puebla, Mexico, was thought to be the world’s smallest volcano at just 43ft tall, but was later found to be an empty cone of an extinct geyser. The Pueblans threw bodies of suicide victims into it & believed that if you lived around it, you were ‘under the rule of the devil.’
J9k4 TIL at its height in the early 00s, Blockbuster Video earned nearly $800 million through late fees alone, making up 16% of its revenue.