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TIL to save workers time for lunch on the new World Trade Center Building they installed a mobile Subway restaurant they moved up the building as they finished each floor.

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k9w4 TIL 400 million years ago, before trees took over, Earth was covered in 24-foot mushrooms called prototaxites.
4Dpo TIL the final song on Pink Floyd’s album “Atomic Heart Mother” -“Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”- features a dripping sink at the end where on original vinyl copies, the effect was cut into the vinyl’s run-off groove, causing the dripping noise to play on infinitely until the stylus was removed
5men TIL early firefighters weren’t paid with cash, instead they first grabbed all valuable items out of the victims house or business, then would sell those items or keep them for themselves.
JYmDB TIL opossums have pouches not unlike a kangaroo's, and can feed on average a litter of 13 infants within it
nWJYd TIL pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the United States with participation up 159% since 2019. Followed by golf (off-course) up 57% and skateboarding up 36%.