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

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NwE8 TIL :A small percentage of static on televisions is actually radioactive resonance from the big bang 13 billion years ago.
nD7B TIL one of the leading advocates of circumcision was John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the famous breakfast cereal. He advocated the consumption of Kellogg’s corn flakes to prevent masturbation, and he believed that circumcision would be an effective way to eliminate masturbation in males.
ANOro TIL there's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records
6dDJ TIL there was supposed to be a Pinocchio film to be released in 1936, predating Disney’s Pinocchio by four years. It was meant to be the first Italian animated film, but for unknown reasons the film was never completed and it is considered lost
a8kv9 TIL: The government of the European microstate San Marino made United States President Abraham Lincoln an honorary citizen. He wrote in reply, saying that the republic proved that "government founded on republican principles is capable of being so administered as to be secure and enduring"