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TIL of John Hines, an Australian soldier, nicknamed the souvenir king.

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R7YDQ TIL - Launched un 1955, the Marlboro Man campaign was most astonishing campaigns in the history of demand engineering. Marlboro went from 1 percent of sale to the fourth best selling brand.
kJvJm TIL about the Story of Stuff, a fascinating video that explains the system of how Americans consume products and produce waste.
e0RB5 TIL that while the Bald Eagle is widely known as a national symbol of the United States, the American Bison is the national mammal. The population of American Bison, once 60+ million, dropped to <600 by 1889, but due to conservation efforts is now 500k and growing.
RwPj TIL a homeless man lived for three years in the spaces between the girders of a drawbridge, complete with working TV and Playstation, holding on to the beams every time the bridge raised and lowered to keep from falling.
4eDb TIL Elephants have been observed to mimic human speech. One elephant, named Batyr, reportedly had a vocabulary of about 20 words.