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TIL that between 1928 and 1989 Eastman Kodak Company operated according to the International Fixed Calendar, that is drastically different from the Gregorian calendar

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g4ED TIL the lead singer of Smash Mouth started a cancer research fund after his son died of acute lymphatic leukemia.
15Xd TIL that a Colombian football player who scored an ‘own goal’ in a 1994 World Cup match against the US was subsequently murdered as the scapegoat for the team’s upset loss – one of the gunmen shouted “goal!” every time he fired a shot
GApxE TIL that in ancient Rome, there was a vending machine that dispensed holy water. Pilgrims would insert a coin and receive a measured amount of sacred water. It was one of the earliest recorded examples of a coin-operated machine!
dgBB TIL that while sleeping our sense of smell is turned off, meaning it cannot alert us to dangers such as a fire since we cannot be awoken by the smell.
QWrL TIL Walt Disney decided to put the trash cans no more than 30 steps apart in Disneyland Magic kingdom after observing guests in other parks and averaged out how many steps a person would take before dropping trash on the ground