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TIL that a Florida man recognized himself in the background in the iconic cover of Abbey Road

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J1jR8 TIL that the Woolworth Company (aka Woolworth's) did not go out of business but rather just changed their name to that of their most profitable division: Foot Locker
kdJ1 TIL sand from the Sahara is blown by the wind all the way to the Amazon, recharging its minerals. The desert literally fertilizes the rainforest.
ekPb TIL in the middle of the Savannah International Airport lies a 200 year old grave in the runway, marked because the family was reluctant to move the graves to another location while the airport was urgently built to use for bombers during WW2.
6EyJ TIL some hospitals cut the Livestrong bracelets from patients’ wrists because they resemble the yellow “Do Not Resuscitate” bands.
wLgjM TIL: Hucksters and flim flam men plagued Iowa in the pre-WW1 years selling "patented" bridges that fell apart or washed away to naive county commissioners.