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TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA

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DWpD TIL Xerox has an “adopt a plant” program where employees water an office plant, saving the company $200,000 per year on watering services.
W7rNL TIL Zlatan Ibrahimovic played with a torn ACL for 6 months at age 40 so he could win one final trophy, and managed to score 8 goals while on painkillers and injections.
K7AQ TIL there are 2 stoplights in the entire US Interstate System. One at the Holland Tunnel in New Jersey, and one in Breezewood, PA
VBENm TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down
EbA0 TIL the fruit versus vegetable debate depends on the botanical or culinary definition. Botanically, eggplants, bell peppers and tomatoes are fruits while in culinary terms, they are considered vegetables.