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TIL New York State landlords can make you purchase your own fire extinguishers

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l7ZwN TIL a study found that people who live very close to recent lottery winners are more likely to go bankrupt due to spending beyond their means because they feel compelled to do so when they see evidence of exorbitant spending around them. The bigger the win, the more likely the neighbors go bankrupt.
rNGPW TIL that during WWII Boeing built a huge factory and camouflaged it by building a completely fake town on top of it so it would look like a suburban neighborhood from the air
5YNVP TIL Thomas Edison tried to create the first-ever talking dolls. In 1890, thanks to the development of the wax cylinder, he was able to produce a line of baby dolls. With wooden bodies, porcelain heads, and miniature phonographs in their chests, the dolls were unlike any toy to exist at the time.
OGAva TIL that John Byrne said that he “unconsciously lifted” the story of the X-Men comic “Days of Future Past” from the plot of the 1972 Doctor Who serial “Day of the Daleks”.
ADlmB TIL that salt was so valuable during roman times, soldiers were partially paid in salt. Creating the term salary.