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ADY14 TIL a party boat carrying sixty men and women once capsized in Texas after all the passangers rushed to one side as the boat passed a nude beach.
yWQe TIL In 1910, Marseilles, France was using UV light to disinfect their water.
ZxyG TIL The Michelin Rating Guide was started so that people would drive long distances to dine at the best restaurants and therefore wear out their tires, only to be replaced by…Michelin
4XbdX TIL about the time, when a lawyers pants spontaneously combusted in court while defending his client in an arson case
PGxL TIL that the creator of Legos made a policy of no military sets because he didn’t want war to seem like child’s play.