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TIL Spuds Mackenzie, the Bud Light mascot dog, was actually a lady dog named Honey Tree Evil Eye. She was retired because her fame (and controversy) overshadowed the beer giant’s product

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Oor0L TIL A 2014 linguistics study on filler words found that women use “um” ~22% more than men, men say “uh” 250% more than women, & men use filler words ~38% more than women. When speaking to the opposite gender, men use “uh” ~14% less & “um” ~8% more, while women use “uh” ~20% more & “um” ~1% less.
b6lWj TIL that SNL cast member Cecily Strong was expelled from high school for bringing marijuana to school.
LB1P TIL Creed put on such a bad show in 2002 at Allstate Arena that a $2,000,000 class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all the fans in atendance
6E0lW TIL the chance of being born in a first world or developed country is 17%. 83% of people will be born in places with poor living conditions.
polA TIL tech companies often test new products in New Zealand because they’re an ethnically diverse, tech-savvy, and English-speaking nation, yet still relatively isolated. If a product is a flop there, news is unlikely to spread quickly to the rest of the world and damage a company’s reputation.