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TIL In 2003, a man mailed himself to Texas from New York

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D1Z4j TIL after Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, graduated high school he worked as a fry cook during summers at a restaurant in Islesford, Maine known as Islesford Dock Restaurant. The restaurant would later be the inspiration for the Krusty Krab in the show.
yQQKp TIL there is more habitant in the Greater Tokyo Area than in the entire Canada
W7XNY TIL there are 20+ kinds of ice
P15YL TIL that the Malaysian government has written guidelines on determining the qibla (direction to the Kaaba for use in Muslim prayer) while in outer space
m1Zbv TIL that Benjamin Franklin wrote a joke paper submission to the Royal Academy of Brussels called "Fart Proudly" which details how important research into reducing the smell of farts needs to be undertaken.