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TIL HBO was worried the audience would think "The Sopranos" was about opera music. They tried to change the title to "Made in New Jersey" before compromising on a smoking gun in the title logo.

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ANX9o TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
NYoN TIL spiked dog collars made their first appearance in ancient Greece, designed to protect the dogs throats from wolf attacks
nWmrd TIL in 2016 to a great deal of backlash, India’s solicitor general, Ranjit Kumar claimed to Indian Supreme Court that the Koh-i-noor not stolen
awdy0 TIL that the British Royal Veto still exists and is in use
EKL0 TIL Every armoured vehicle of the UK has a requirement for a BV or Boiling Vessel for making tea. This is unique to the British Armed Forces