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TIL the “Q” in Q-tip stands for “quality”.

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J1PGj TIL about the “other 9/11”, the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, which was supported by the CIA.
kJ5d7 TIL Mork & Mindy was a spin-off based on a season 5 episode of Happy Days, "My Favorite Orkan". This episode helped Robin Williams kickstart his career, and he signed a contract for Mork & Mindy just 4 days later.
xVRm0 TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci fully intended for his works to be published and left them to his pupil, who couldn't get through the writing and only managed to compile a treatise on painting in his lifetime, with the rest of papers sold off by disinterested heirs
Br4Ob TIL Johnnie Walker ran a promotion in 2007 where every bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label whiskey came with a USB retractable mouse.
JYva1 TIL in the past century, every year at least one Belgian has died from World War 1 or World War 2 ordinance being accidentally detonated