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TIL that the company Cisco is named after San Francisco, where it was founded, and its logo resembles the Golden Gate Bridge

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wLBEo TIL Lapland New Forest Christmas Park featured a smoking Santa, a reindeer with a broken antler, neglected huskies, a broken ice rink, and a picture of the nativity in a muddy field. With a £30 entry fee and 2hr long queue, one of elves was assaulted by angry visitors. The park was shut after 6 days
l4JG TIL Oreos are vegan and the “creme” filling contains no milk products.
g75D TIL: Hitler had a framed pic of Henry Ford. Not only did Hitler specifically praise Ford in Mein Kampf, but many of Hitler’s ideas were a direct reflection of Ford’s racist philosophy
xVk40 TIL that the notion of Germans being hard workers is a myth. Germany actually has the LEAST cumulative work hours out of all developed nations, with Mexico working the most.
MbGA TIL that Daniel Day-Lewis, while playing Hamlet, collapsed, sobbing uncontrollably, during the scene where the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears. He later said that he saw the ghost of his own father, and has not appeared on stage since then.