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TIL According to the Smithsonian, 7-Eleven was the first retailer in America to install self-serve beverage stations

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RvE6 TIL The attempt to create a punctuation mark for irony and sarcasm has lasted since the 14th century and we still haven’t agreed on one. An agreement is coming any day now ⸮
0Gbj TIL that in Hollywood, Christopher Nolan along with Steven Speilberg are among the last holdouts who shoot on film in an industry that’s moved to digital.
16ZD7 TIL scientists created a sort of telepathy using computers
7rm9O TIL I suffer with Laryngospasm. During the night I wake up choking on my own stomach acid.
mevO TIL that undercover investigators from the Government Accountability Office set up a shell company, and received a license for the radioactive materials needed for a dirty bomb, all without any inquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.