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TIL there are ATMs in Dubai that dispense gold bars

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wLw76 TIL the “Quick Stop” convience store featured in the movie ‘Clerks’ is a real convience store in New Jersey that Kevin Smith worked at while making the film.
PGDn TIL there is a prequel to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” called “Halloween is Grinch Night”, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 1977.
6EByl TIL about the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP-1), a geothermal system that supplies heat directly from molten magma. It can currently generate 36 MW of electrical power. Magma power is regarded as one of the more promising future renewable sources of energy.
jRkv TIL a Bosnian man faked his own death just to see who would come to his funeral. Only his mother showed up.
4kD4b TIL that there is an international standard for making tea. It's not for making the best tea or how tea should be made, but simply to make a cup of tea that can easily be reproduced by anybody with the right equipment at any time.