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TIL that the once popular fast food automat concept still exists in Amsterdam as FEBO

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6E9QZ TIL the Eric Clapton song "Tears in Heaven" was written for Clapton's four-year-old son who fell from a window of a 53rd-floor New York apartment in 1991. He doesn't sing it live because he doesn't feel the loss anymore and he doesn't want those feelings to come back.
xdlg TIL Airedale Terriers carried messages for soldiers during WWI and were very dedicated in their duties. One named ‘Jack’ ran through half a mile of enemy fire. He made it to headquarters with his jaw broken and one leg badly splintered and died just after delivering his message
v1LN4 TIL that a single billionaire family, the Irvings, has control over basically the entire Canadian province of New Brunswick, including all its newspapers, as well as the oil, shipping, forestry, construction, and real estate industries
x6rQD TIL that Kathryn Beaumont at 13 voiced Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" and did so again for "Kingdom Hearts" at age 64.
JKZV TIL that the “I before E except after C” rule has more words that break it than follow it.