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TIL that in most elevators, the close-door button doesn’t work. It’s just a placebo. Press away, friends.

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mxWjy TIL that from around 1857 to 1889, a man known only as the Leatherman repeatedly walked a 365-mile loop around the northeastern US. He wore a handmade leather coat, scarf and hat and although he frequently stopped in towns along his route, he never told anyone his name. His identity remains unknown.
grP0L TIL about Ulrich Larsen. A Danish former chef, who ended up being a mole in North Korea. The North Koreans almost started a weapons factory disguised as a luxury resort on an island in Uganda. He was also offered to buy SCUD-missiles.
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