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TIL that hippies love for granola began with a need to feed half a million people easily at Woodstock.

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dQNE TIL that Germany still has a “day of rest” (Ladenschlussgesetz) law that forces most businesses to close on Sunday.
OGQL6 TIL that Telex, a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange for teleprinter devices at receiving and sending locations, declined as fax machines grew in popularity in the 1980s.
6NjW TIL Jonas Salk, a Polio researcher, chose not to patent his vaccine; instead, he gave it away for free, saving millions from the paralyzing, often lethal disease.
4W5w TIL that about 50% of perceived friendships are actually non-reciprocal
XEE1E TIL in 1152 King Stephen of England threatened to launch the child of a rebellious noble from a trebuchet. He didn't and that child grew up to be William Marshall, called "the best knight who ever lived."