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TIL actress Sydney Sweeney was valedictorian of her highschool graduating class.

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R7rdw TIL in 1927, a store that sold blocks of ice called the Southland Ice Company decided to keep extended hours, from 7am-11pm. They changed their name to 7-11. Once, after a football game, customers kept coming in and they were not able to close all night, so they adopted a 24 hour model
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