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TIL Chipotle Mexican Grill will never play Radiohead songs in their restaurants, claiming that the band’s “texture of sound” doesn’t fit the interior design of their restaurants.

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M7V8V TIL The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta, a vestige of the crusades... is still around and has diplomatic recognition.
m10vE TIL that Jack Woolams, the test pilot for the first American jet fighter, wore a gorilla mask and a bowler hat while flying so that any sightings of the jet by other pilots wouldn't be believed by people on the ground.
epyAD TIL Every Friday and Saturday, a NASA astronaut shares some of their mission memories with guests at Space Center Houston, along with options to have breakfast together for Q&A
lo9ZK TIL Tongs are so engraved in society that it is believed by the jewish people that god created them on the seventh day right before resting. This is because blacksmiths need a pair of tongs to create tongs.
0wjL5 TIL that rats left unaided in water will drown in a few minutes because they feel hopeless, but if they know there is hope of being rescued they will last for days.