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TIL Maybach is pronounced “mybach.” That’s it. Had never seen an ad for Maybach before on TV.

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6yO7 TIL that in 1966 French President Charles de Gaulle demanded that all American military personnel leave France. American President Lyndon Johnson asked if that order applied to American soldiers in French cemeteries.
kJWa4 TIL: Tesla may have been the first person to patent the radio.
8agmV TIL Street Fighter's boxer Balrog was originally named Mike Bison (a parody of Mike Tyson), but Capcom was concerned they could get sued. The name was shortened and given instead to the final boss, who became M. Bison.
ZpAZQ TIL: There was a hippie paradise in Nepal and weed was legal there before 1973 after which the USA forced Nepal to criminalise Cannabis.
kJnl1 TIL Tim Horton's employee were arrested for selling drugs in 2000 after a store manager noticed some drive-thru customers were ordering 15-packs of doughnuts. It was a code since Tim Horton's doesn't sell 15 packs