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TIL that VISA and MasterCard both started as not-for-profits and only turned in for-profits in 2006-2008

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ne1pd TIL anthropologists have recreated the name of the ancient Indo-European sky god Dyēus or Dyḗus Phtḗr(Sky Father)from which is derived Deus, Dio, Zeus/Zeus Pater, Jove/Jupiter, द्यौष्(Dyáuṣ), Deva, Tyr, Day, Tuesday, and Deity among many others
OGDLX TIL actor Andrew Garfield bagged The Amazing Spider-Man role due to an unreleased scene of him eating a cheeseburger and telling Gwen Stacy to calm down. The way he ate the food was described by the film’s director Marc Webb as something “I just hadn’t seen before” and that it worked.
RoaQ TIL Chinese people hate seat-belts so much they wear fake ones on their t-shirts and use novelty buckles (including bottle openers) to silence the alarms.
e0gdJ TIL The US postal service has a law enforcement arm made up of officers who carry firearms and have arresting powers
neB5o TIL that "Ironman Triathlon" is a brand name owned by the World Triathlon Corporation, which was bought by the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group for $650 million in 2015.