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TIL: Most Thermostat Controls in Large Office Buildings Don’t Do Anything

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EoJV TIL: Ice-T has a metal band, and is actually…pretty fucking metal.
a8AgZ TIL on 10 May 1977, Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, were awarded a patent for their variation of the comb over that conceals baldness by combing long hair in three separate directions.
W7bdX TIL purple martins have adapted to live almost entirely in manmade nesting boxes. Most bird landlords are over 50, and the younger generations are less likely to keep and maintain the nest sites. This presents an uncertain future for the species.
d8ak8 TIL Stephen King wrote a book in 1977 about a school shooter that was so poignant that he decided to remove it from publication.
NXQrJ TIL that when Pope John Paul II was about to visit Britain in 1982, the Falklands War between Argentina and the UK began. To avoid the impression that the Catholic Church favored one side over the other, the Vatican quickly scheduled a papal visit to Argentina before the already scheduled UK trip.