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TIL in Japan it is not uncommon to order a full meal in a sit-down restaurant from a vending machine

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b9bZa TIL Crickets chirping can tell you what the temperature is at night!
OoGR1 TIL that in Lagos, Nigeria people paint "This house is not for sale" outside their homes to prevent fake estate agents selling their house to someone using fake documents. In many cases the scammed buyer then has the true owner evicted from their own home.
oBNmK TIL in 1991 After Eric Clapton’s 4 year old son died after falling 53 stories from an open skyscraper window Clapton fled to an island and worked on his music for a year as a recluse. While there he wrote and dedicated the song ‘Tears in Heaven’ to his son. The song went on to win 3 Grammys.
8WZG TIL the founder of Little Caesar’s Pizza is from Detroit and owns both the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers.
Y7Ejv TIL in 1995 convicted murderers Daniel Luther Heiss & Shane Baker escaped from prison after Heiss discovered the key printed on the prisoners' information handbook was the master key to the entire prison. Baker had jewelry-making equipment in his cell & made a copy of the key. Both were recaptured.