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TIL the person who invented dumpsters name was dempster, and they where originally called Dempster Dumpsters

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n0x7 TIL hand dryers in public bathrooms are actually the exact opposite of sanitary.
6Eb4l TIL 'Democracy sausage' is the Australian term for sausage sandwiches sold at polling booths. In 1989 the liberal party leader was accused of bribing voters with democracy sausages after wearing a BBQ hat and apron and "being involved in the dissemination of sausages" at an election campaign.
gMBw7 TIL Kelvin Bryant won the USFL's inaugural MVP award, beating out Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker
Rr01 TIL Female Komodo Dragons can enter isolated islands, lay fertilized eggs without male sperm through a process called ‘parthenogenesis,’ and then subsequent male and female hatchlings can go on to reproduce amongst each other to create entire new populations of Komodo dragons
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