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TIL that the term “sideburns” is derived from the last name of Union General Ambrose Burnside, who was known for his distinctive facial hair

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lomYV TIL between 1979 and 1989 Mat, one of the characters of the Czechoslovak TV show Pat & Mat, had his shirt color switched from red to grey because censors thought that the main characters wearing red and yellow shirts was a jab at the Soviet-Chinese relations.
R656 TIL in 2005 United Airlines terminated all of its Employee Pension Plans, which covered 134,000 workers
x604D TIL that MGM execs referred to Judy Garland as an “ugly duckling” and "little hunchback," made her wear caps on her teeth and rubber disks in her nose, often fed her a diet of chicken soup and coffee to ensure she didn’t gain weight, and allegedly gave her amphetamines and barbiturates as a child.
VMGJQ TIL of the Interregnum period in Transjordan in 1920 where, for about a year, the region had no ruler or occupying power. Locals even wrote letters to nearby Sharif Hussein to send "one of his sons" to rule it.
ANgQa TIL you can extract vocals from the vibration of inanimate objects, using a high speed camera.