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TIL Jack Daniels operates a volunteer fire department

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78wab TIL modern Sarsaparilla in the US isn't made with sassafras because the FDA banned sassafras in 1960 for being a carcinogen.
xVm8k TIL A small town called Centralia,PA is completely abandoned because of a coal-seam fire at depths of up to 300 feet (90 m) over an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of 3,700 acres (15 km2), that ignited on May 27, 1962 and is only speculated to be extinguished in the year 2256.
dD45K TIL that the food brand Hamburger Helper released an EP titled 'Watch the Stove' as an April Fools joke in 2016.
woKY8 TIL Nazi General Loringhoven was inside the Führerbunker during the last days of Nazi Germany. He attempted to escape, was captured by Allied forces, and later became a NATO commander, retiring as Inspector General of the Armed Forces of West Germany in 1973.
EB5V TIL Warner Bros sued an Indian film called “Hari Putter” and lost. Two reasons the court ruled against Warner Brothers is because “Hari” is a Hindi word with religious connotations and “Puttar” is a Hindi word for son. The film was about a boy who was left “home alone.”