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TIL that due to a blaze that happened in Brazil in 1974, the LA Fire Code was change to make it mandatory to have a rooftop helicopter pad on all buildings over 120 feet, to be used as a means to escape a structure fire.

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6EGnm TIL of Bill Werbeniuk, a big drinking Canadian Snooker player . He drank 43 pints of lager in a drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair. After Sinclair passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say “I’m away to the bar now for a proper drink”
DQ5ge TIL: When Pokémon was first released in the U.S. in 1998, the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas officially renamed the city to "ToPikachu". This was repeated by the Mayor in 2018 with the release of the "Pokemon: Let's Go" games.
yVWRJ TIL the first eclipse to be known in advance of its occurrence happened in 585 BC and was accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus. The methods he used for his prediction remain unknown.
b6yK9 TIL Baby Blue (Badfinger song, the one from Breaking Bad's last scene) was written about a lady called Dixie Armstrong, whom Pete Ham really liked.
BgpDb TIL Paracetamol overdose is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US