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TIL that LED light bulbs don’t burn out; they just dim over time

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nW9Qo TIL a study found that George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire contains over 2,000 named characters with over 41,000 interactions b/w them. Yet the most prominent characters avg out to have only 150 others to keep track of, which is the same number the avg human brain has evolved to deal with.
N76Ae TIL North Korea owns a restaurant chain and operates restaurants outside of North Korea.
M7Ll7 TIL that Syrtaki, the folk dance most commonly associated with Greece was originally choreographed for a 1964 film
P15jn TIL that Egyptian pyramid builders were paid in beer
x7vw TIL FEMA has been using Waffle Houses as unofficial indicators of disaster recovery in recent years. The chains are conveniently located across the hurricane zones of the US, usually operate 24 hours a day and have exceptional disaster preparedness that lets them open back up quickly after a storm.