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TIL there are DVDs that look and smell like pizza when you are done watching them.

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lMj7 TIL 40% of Vietnamese people have the surname ‘Nguyen’
EraX TIL General Motors purposely kept the 1979 Chevy Malibu gas tank dangerously close to the rear of the vehicle. Instead of paying an extra $8.59 per vehicle to move the gas tank to a safer location, GM estimated that they would only have to pay $2.40 per vehicle to pay off personal-injury lawsuits.
G4Z5 TIL the song “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison was originally titled “Brown-Skinned Girl”, but was changed to “make it more palatable for radio stations”
ADNd7 TIL a clam named ‘Ming’ was accidentally killed by scientist in 2006 when they found it on the coast of Iceland. They later found out ‘Ming’ was 507 years old. It was named after the Ming Dynasty, who ruled China at the time of it’s birth (1499) The clam is known as the oldest creature to ever live.
wLdA8 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (and Queen Elizabeth's husband) had three sisters who married men who became Nazis during WWII. So when Philip got married to the future queen two years after the war ended, none of them attended his wedding.