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TIL 1-800-Collect is still a thing and their site still features all their old 90’s commercials with Phil Hartman, Arsenio Hall and Mr. T

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OGMOg TIL that the iconic horses on the Kentucky licence plates in the 1990s were based on a logo of a horse park in Lexington which itself was based on a picture of semi-wild horses taken by a German photographer in the 1960s. The base was withdrawn when the photographer sued for copyright infringement.
epkKD TIL that a slice of pizza contains a single serving of vegetable.
rNdMW TIL before his career took off, Patrick Swayze and his wife had a carpentry business. Though Swayze didn’t know much about carpentry at first, he learned a lot through books, and their business ended being very profitable. At one point, they even renovated the kitchen of actress Jaclyn Smith.
WLx8 TIL that Pando, the tree from Utah, is the heaviest organism in the world, and the biggest tree-system in the world. it’s 103 acres big.
GApX5 TIL that Hoodoo originated in the American South and was created by enslaved Africans incorporating African spiritual traditions, Christianity and elements of indigenous botanical knowledge.