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TIL that in the 1st episode of 30 Rock, after Jack discusses how he developed the Trivection oven, GE ran an ad during commercial break to make sure the audience knew it was a real product, not something writers made up as a joke for the show.

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epk0n TIL Helike, an Ancient Greek city was submerged after an earthquake and tsunami. It remained underwater in an inland lagoon for centuries before eventually silting over and disappearing. It is thought that it may have been part of the inspiration behind Atlantis. It was only rediscovered in 2001.
69o6Y TIL Van Gogh gave his severed ear not to his favorite prostitute, as legend goes, but to an 18 year old maid at the brothel he frequented. Her name was Gabrielle Berlatier. Too young to work as a prostitute, she took a cleaning job to pay medical debt from receiving the newly invented rabies shot.
rNYAM TIL that the coldest temperature in the universe, as far as scientists can tell, occurred on Earth. In 2003, physicists at MIT reduced the temperature of a cloud of sodium molecules to 810 trillionths of a degree F above absolute zero.
NXXk1 TIL that Legio V Macedonica was the longest-lived Roman legion. It was established in 43 BC by Octavian and existed for 680 years until it was destroyed during the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 7th century AD
1K1d TIL There is a Santa Claus University that teaches professional Santa Claus skills like toy knowledge, poses, and how to avoid law suit. A top-level Santa Claus can make up to $100,000 a year.