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TIL There is a national (US) grocery Best Bagger competition since 1987

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15X TIL There is a subculture in Congo where members dress up like gentlemen.
5ADB TIL Farrah Gray is the youngest person to have a Wall Street office and is estimated to be worth 20 million dollars. At 13 years old he founded Farr-Out Food which in a period of one year had received food orders of over 1.5 million dollars making him a millionaire at 14.
BlJx TIL the first call ever made on a cell phone, was from an engineer named Martin Cooper calling a rival engineer to brag about his accomplishment.
oBRGL TIL the first Space Shuttle was to be named "Constitution", but after a major letter writing campaign by fans of Star Trek, its was renamed to "Enterprise".
m9OO TIL that Wisconsin Police busted a teen kegger in which the keg was filled with root beer. The party organizer was trying to show that they didn’t need to drink alcohol for a party.