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TIL that court reporters “keyboards” only have 22 keys yet they can type well over 225 wpm

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Me0Qb TIL that during the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them
9E7D TIL French preschools serve four-course lunches (including a cheese course) to educate them in taste and stimulate their senses
6BJl TIL Drew Carey was once a spokesperson for A&W Canada, but was dismissed after an episode of The Drew Carey Show featured him eating McDonald’s.
0d7Yy TIL that after coffee come to Britain in the 1600s a ‘women’s petition’ was written against the drink complaining it made men impotent
pYJ8Q TIL: There's a fifth special symbol in bowling score system for registering a Split in the card. (The other four symbols are "X" for Strike, "/" for Spare, "-" for Error and "F" for Foul.)