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TIL Honey Boo Boo is banned from selling Girl Scout cookies

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mxGNY TIL that the longest truck is in Australia and its over 150feet long
4XYRN TIL after only 4 years of primary school, German children are placed on one of four tracks: Hauptschule for less academic students, Realschule for intermediary students, Gymnasium for academic students, or Gesamtschule (comprehensive school). Only Gymnasium entitles one to attend university
GYEj4 TIL: Comcast changed their brand from "Comcast Internet" to "Xfinity" because the comcast name had become associated with poor quality and service. The name change decision was made after a Comcast technician was recorded while sleeping on a customer's couch.
jNyXR TIL during WWII a Japanese submarine attacked coastal targets near Ellwood and Santa Barbara, California. The Steven Spielberg film, 1941, is partly based on this incident.
0wWa1 TIL that there is a basketball court above the actual supreme court room aptly named "The Highest Court in the Land"