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TIL after the Chicago font was created, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport adopted the typeface for its ROTUNDA sign.

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6EmZX TIL The Magistrate was adapted as a musical comedy that ran in London for 801 performances under the title The Boy. The plot was unchanged, but the characters were all given new names. In 1934, the play was adapted for the screen under the title Those Were the Days, starring Will Hay.
N7yrJ TIL that although you can't buy alcohol in the United States until you're 21, you can legally run for governor of California, Massachusetts , Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin when you're 18.
ZpaBo TIL it was illegal to own bulk gold in the United States from 1934-1964
mAmR TIL From 1956 to 1996 the Mormon Church operated a program where Native American kids would be baptized and placed in Mormon foster homes, thinking it would “lighten” them. It was based on the Mormon belief that Native Americans were originally white until God punished them by making them darker.
v1Bxj TIL college textbook prices increased 90% from 1998 to 2016 while recreational book prices fell by more than 35% in the same time period