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TIL of the concealed shoe index. For hundreds of years, people hid a shoe in their houses during construction for good luck or to ward off evil spirits. The Northampton Museum in England created the concealed shoe index, and there are approximately 1,900 finds on the index today.

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b9649 TIL of Fried Coca-Cola, created by Abel Gonzales Jr. and introduced at the 2006 Texas State Fair. Served with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, and a cherry, it sold 10,000 cups in it's first two weeks. Gonzales is also responsible for the creation of Fried Butter, as well as Fried Beer.
1aMpD TIL Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to run for president in 1972 & ran under the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed"
PGxL TIL that the creator of Legos made a policy of no military sets because he didn’t want war to seem like child’s play.
QNQKa TIL than even if terminal velocity is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph) for a skydiver, speed skiers can go faster than this. Record is Simon Billy (France) 255 km/h or 158.7 mph on March 22, 2023.
kJa4W TIL that Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings is the third richest film director in the world with a net worth of $1.5 billion USD