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TIL Leo Fender, inventor of Fender Guitars, never learned how to play the guitar.

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VMwG4 TIL Popeye used to eat spinach because German chemist Wolf miscalculated the amount of iron(to 10x) in spinach
pX4O TIL in 2008, Bebo the popular social network was bought from its creators by AOL for $850 million dollars. It was then run into the ground and after 5 years the site filed for bankruptcy and was sold back to the original creators for $1 million dollars.
8grK TIL that dalmatians used to run alongside horse drawn firetrucks acting as a barking siren to clear crowds, thus their positive reputations with firefighters
a4E9 TIL that “sailing the Seven Seas” originally referred to the seven bodies of water Arabian traders crossed to reach China.
R5nD9 TIL: The notable theory of evolution illustration is referred to as “The March of Progress” and was created by educator Ralph Zallinger in 1965.