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TIL About Dorothy Molter, aka "The Root Beer Lady," made root beer and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota.

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gMOL TIL the 2006 movie ‘Children of Men’ featured content depicting the London 2012 Olympic games
6w6Z TIL a ‘Glove Compartment’ or 'Glove Box’ originally was created to hold driving gloves which were considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from numbing drivers’ hands.
K7aa TIL Disneyland’s opening day was considered a disaster, with roughly half of the 28,000 attendees having counterfeit tickets and many people simply jumping the fence.
jbOn TIL: Carlos Kaiser was a soccer con artist, who managed to repeatedly fool teams into signing him over a nearly two-decade pro career by doing things such as having sports writers write fraudulent articles about his ability. He had little soccer skill and never scored a goal.
n7aW TIL that the 15 minute chimes on Big Ben have lyrics: All through this hour/Lord be my guide/And by Thy power/No foot shall slide