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kJ684 TIL the Quiznos sandwich chain, once a common sight with its catchy slogan "Mmm... Toasty!" and 4700 locations in 2007, suffered a steep decline and closed over 90% of its stores within the following ten years. This event goes down in industry history as the largest and swiftest collapse.
Mp9b TIL Less than one percent of the worlds shipwrecks have been discovered with an estimated 3 million ships lying on the ocean floor.
kJdmd TIL that the brothers that founded American restaurant chain Friendly's. brothers S. Prestley Blake and Curtis Blake, lived to 106, and 102 respectively. With S Prestley dying in 2021.
kOxd7 TIL I learned about RAS Syndrome (redundant acronym syndrome), which is when one or more words, in an acronym, are repeated. Such as, PIN Number, ATM Machine, or UPC Code.
v1kEK TIL Any PCT filed patents are also valid and enforced in North Korea as it ratified the Paris Convention on July 8, 1980.