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TIL That One Japanese Company (YKK) Makes Half Of The World’s Zippers

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4X1Z5 TIL to prove that lotteries are a waste of money to her husband, a woman bought a lottery ticket only to end up actually winning $1 million dollars
WkYAA TIL the legend of the Chupacabra is only 22 years old. The name was coined by a comedian, and a five-year study concluded the original description of the monster was based on the creature Sil from the movie Species.
7rWlX TIL J.R.R. Tolkien is credited with inventing Orcs.
b6vm4 TIL leading supercomputer scientist Satoshi Matusoka would pursue his career path on the advice of his friend, Satoru Iwata, after the two worked on early NES titles together
yQB1v TIL 6 kids were poisoned in 1963 from wearing new, unwashed jeans that had been exposed to pesticide. (2 boys whose pants were washed before wearing them did not get sick)