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TIL That burritos are legally classified as sandwiches in New York, but not in Massachusetts.

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EgmLV TIL that Llanfair PG in Wales, only adopted its famous the 58-letter name Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch in the 1860s to attract railway tourists. The stunt worked and visitors still flock there for photos with the station sign.
Z8JJQ TIL prohibition agent Izzy Einstein bragged that he could find liquor in any city in under 30 minutes. In Chicago it took him 21 min. In Atlanta 17, and Pittsburgh just 11. But New Orleans set the record: 35 seconds. Einstein asked his taxi driver where to get a drink, and the driver handed him one.
v1jaj TIL - that during WW1, the British created a campaign to shame men into enlisting. Women would hand out White Feathers to men not in uniform and berate them as cowards. The it was so successful that the government had to create badges for men in critical occupations so they would not be harassed.
N7YdN TIL George Romero came up with the screenplay for "Night of the Living Dead" from a short story he wrote, which he "basically ripped off" from the Richard Matheson novel "I Am Legend".
mxORY TIL that, not only the Normandy scene in Saving Private Ryan cost $11m to shoot, but also most of the soldiers seen were actually members of the Irish Defence Forces.