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TIL that the original SPAM product name is a portmanteau for ‘Spiced ham’

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7QnM TIL that law in Japan requires drivers over the age of 75 to have Koreisha sign on their cars.
VMp60 TIL Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today."
y9Bw TIL in Oxford, England on February, 10 1355, a dispute between 2 Oxford students and a Tavern Keeper over the quality of his drinks escalated into the St Scholastica Day riot between Oxford students and locals citizens where 63 students and 30 locals were killed.
pakG TIL there was an era in Hollywood called “Pre-Code”. A 4 year old period during which there were no virtually rules. It spawned many great, sexual and idiosyncratic films like Frankenstein and Freaks that were years ahead of their time.
Ookn4 TIL The lens in your eye yellows as you grow older, making blue and purple less vibrant.