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TIL McDonald’s “Super Sizing” started as a Jurassic Park merchandising tie-in.

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67EW TIL Richard Berry, the writer of Louie Louie, was living on welfare at his mom’s house in the mid 80s. A company wanted to use the song in a commercial and sent a lawyer to him. The lawyer suggested Berry attempt to gain rights to his song, resulting in a settlement and making Berry a millionaire.
61R8 TIL that there are 17 American men in history who have run under 2:10 in the marathon. In contrast, there were 32 Kenyans who did it just in October of 2011.
XAl8 TIL that a man graduated from Columbia after performing his janitorial duties at the school full-time for 12 years.
ADxJw TIL anti urination devices were a form of hostile architecture installed in Norwich and the surrounding area in the late 19th century to discourage public urination. The slope of the structure meant the stream of urine would be deflected back onto their feet and legs
p8DrQ TIL about denkiburo - electrified bathtubs found at some Japanese bathhouses