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TIL P. Terry’s Burger chain in Austin has a full time employee whose job is to bake birthday cakes for employees.

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XwZQ TIL that the Soviet Union attempted to domesticate moose for use in a cavalry.
WeMX TIL that at the start of the infamous ‘Ice Bowl’ game, the referee tried to blow his whistle, but it froze to his lips. When he tried to pry the whistle off, he tore the skin off and he started to bleed. Instead of forming a scab, the blood simply froze to his lips.
KkMB TIL that originaly, the Celcius temperture scale went backwards, with 0°C being boiling and 100°C freezing water
yQ67M TIL Stuffed toys are less than 150 years old with the first stuffed toy being a felt elephant originally sold as a pincushion
Eg5Ld TIL that half of all plastics ever made were made in the last 15 years