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TIL The only person to ever create 3 companies to go public on the New York stock exchange was a trucker who only got into it because his family could not afford to send him to college. He ended up creating the entire shipping container industry, as well as the ships that carry them. Malcom McLean.

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yRYV TIL that Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell from Leave It to Beaver, became a police officer for the LAPD and was shot three times while on a foot chase with a car thief. He was placed on disability and later retired after 18 years on the force.
680Y TIL NFL cheerleaders are given extensive rulebooks governing their everyday behavior, including what conversations to avoid, when to change underwear, what tampons to use, when to wash their feet, how to eat meat, soup, and bread, and to “not be overly opinionated about anything.”
EgVnx TIL Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America. It began in 1847 as a picnic park around a lake with public swimming, rowing and waterfront concerts, adding CT's first 10-pin bowling alley with adjoining pool tables the following year.
rQDW TIL Privately-owned K9 teams are increasingly being used by parents to sniff out drugs hidden around their homes by their teenage children
m1a7E TIL that Windows 95 saved Southwest Airlines. When the CrowdStrike software glitch caused computers around the world to crash in 2024, Southwest was able to continue flying when rival airlines were grounded because it still uses Windows 95, which CrowdStrike didn't affect.