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TIL of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals: an organization aimed at clothing “indecent” naked animals that lasted from 1959-1962 and had over 50,000 members. SINA ended when the founder was exposed as Alan Abel, notorious prankster, who wanted to parody the conservative moralist of the time

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4k0Ka TIL the world's shortest scheduled jet service is from Brazzaville to Kinshasa, Congo, covering 24 km or 15 miles. There are 7 flights a week, using a Boeing 737-800.
694l7 TIL The 2009 song How You Like Me Now by The Heavy has been used in media an unusually large number of times, especially media involving cars: KIA Sorento SUV advertisement, trailer for The Transporter Refueled film and three different racing games, Driver San Francisco, The Crew and Forza Horizon 2
6xxW TIL the American animated television show RoboTech is the result of heavily editing three Japanese television series that were previously unrelated to one another.
xVeoB TIL the Empire State building in New York stands on the site of the original Astoria hotel, which was built and owned by John Jacob Astor IV. Astor was of the richest men alive in his time, and left behind an estate of $87 million upon his death in 1912. Also, he died on the Titanic.
gM9P9 TIL that cobalt (as in cobalt blue) is named for the German word for goblin, Kobold. It got the name because cobalt hinders the extraction of silver, and emits toxic fumes when burned, leading to the deaths of several miners. Mine-dwelling goblins were blamed for leaving behind these ‘cursed’ rocks.