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TIL because trademarks can become generic - which means companies can lose rights to the mark - Transformers no longer transform in packaging and some marketing. They are listed as converting instead.

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5YV9n TIL in Kenya (and eastern Africa) people accused of witchcraft are beaten and burned alive, and such lynchings are on the rise
XkXj TIL that the last aurochs, the wild, giant, prehistoric ancestor of today’s cattle, was killed as recently as 1627 in Poland, two years after the founding of New York City.
54yr TIL the IRS is capable of filling out taxes for Americans themselves, but several companies stand in the way of this tax change, including the parent company of TurboTax.
REDj TIL that in 2005, an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions chased her attackers off. The lions then stayed and defended her until help arrived.
rREM TIL that in Cali, Columbia, when a woman is going to have sex with her husband for the first time, her mother must be present to witness the act.