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TIL That the London Tower uses ravens to “prevent disaster” and that these birds are technically military members and can be dishonorably discharged!

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oD58 TIL that a small, single story building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington, DE is the registered home of over 6,500 corporations and 200,000 businesses, such as Google, American Airlines, Apple, GM, Coca-Cola, KFC, Verizon Internet Services, and Deutsche Bank
xpoB TIL the human heart contains taste receptors like the ones on the tongue.
87dL TIL the eyes of Children’s cereal box characters are angled down 10 degrees in order to make eye contact with children. Adult cereal boxes look straight ahead.
WvEA TIL that the “Miracle Berry” fruit, a novelty that makes bitter foods taste sweet, has been used to help chemo patients increase their food intake.
oRPlA TIL they had car phones in the 1940s