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TIL there was a crossover in the 7th season of the Xfiles with COPS and even featured an exclusive intro in the COPS style featuring Mulder and Skully

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X04jE TIL That Aspirin was initially Byer's trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid that scientists at the Bayer company began studying in 1897. They received a patent for Aspirin in 1900.
vPYG4 TIL Many schools don’t teach cursive writing anymore. When the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were introduced in 2010, they did not require U.S. students to be proficient in handwriting or cursive writing, leading many schools to remove handwriting instruction from their curriculum altogether.
8alEb TIL the US government has over one billion cubic meters of helium stored in a strategic reserve in Texas. The reserve was started in the 1920s and was originally intended for airships, but was later used as a coolant for the space program.
O7Ja TIL that under CEO Carly Fiorina, HP sold over $120 million in computers and printers to Iran despite US sanction policy, through a foreign subsidiary
p48G TIL KitchenAid has moved manufacturing of hand mixers from China back to the USA