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TIL that a woman named Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele caused an upgrade of the state’s drivers’ licence system to allow her name to fit.

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0wraj TIL Mel Brooks put on a prosthetic 11th finger while adding his handprint to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
LkmV0 TIL Dubbed as one of the worse sales promotions in history, Hoover nearly went bankrupt after promising UK customers a flight to the USA and back if they spent £100 or more on their products. Hoover cancelled the promotion before many customers received their tickets and some even took legal action.
5VYZR TIL about John List, who murdered his whole family in 1971 and eluded capture for 18 years, until his story was broadcast on America’s Most Wanted in 1989.
9EPB TIL that the highest salaries on the Department of Defense payroll are the head football coaches of the three military academies.
6EV8Z TIL Scientists accidentally discovered that grazing animals prevent grasslands from becoming desert after they killed thousands of elephants to try and conserve remaining grasslands, yet it actually made desertification worse. When they increased the number of grazing animals it restored the land.