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TIL that banana plants can 'walk'

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xVYlD TIL that spiral staircases were installed in fire stations in the 1800s to stop the horses that pulled the engines going up the stairs when they smelled food cooking.
pMN TIL that for after 4 decades, US has spent 1,000,000,000,000 dollars ($1 trillion) on a failed war on drugs
vOlj TIL: Andrew Jackson’s parrot was ejected from his funeral for swearing
loYDa TIL in North Dakota, all CVS', Walmarts and Walgreens lack pharmacies due to a law that requires all pharmacies be 51 percent owned by a pharmacist
mo7E TIL - In 1919, Ford wanted to use extra profits to raise employee wages and employ more people. Dodge sued them, saying a corporation’s only responsibility is to increase shareholder value. This set the precedent for current US corporate law.