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TIL that (UK) Pelican crossings have nothing to do with birds. They’re called Pelicon crossings which stands for people light controlled

TIL the billionaire founder of Duty Free Shoppes is a lifelong renter and has donated his entire $8 Billion fortune to philanthropic initiatives

TIL There is a sunken ship near the coast of England with roughly 1.500 tons of unexploded unstable explosives, that could go off by it self.

TIL that the Pacific island of Guadalcanal and the Mexican city of Guadalajara have the same origin - the originally Arabic word wādī meaning valley.

TIL that in 1983, Hasbro executives travelled to to the Tokyo Toy Show to look for new toys they could release in the United States. After finding a series of transforming robot toys, they teamed with Marvel Comics to create a comic book and animated series--"Transformers"--to sell the toys.

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