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TIL Subway spent $22M in 2007 keeping shows Chuck and Community on air, giving them creative freedom as long as they showed their subs. The creator of Community decided to show Subway any chance he could. The Chief Marketing Officer of Subway at the time said they "experienced double digit gains".

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dJb8 TIL there is a town in Alaska with 217 residents and everybody lives in the same 14 story building. It includes a school, hospital, church, and grocery store.
d8k78 TIL about Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy- 1 of 2 men died, other went crazy watching the corpse wave in a "beckoning" motion. This lead to lighthouses having a crew of 3.
ne1y7 TIL That domesticated blueberries are only just over 100 years old and were thought to be impossible to domesticate until it was discovered they thrive in acidic soil
16r0O TIL Gaston is an original character created for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) he was inspired of screenwritter Linda Woolverton's ex-boyfriend.
VM9y0 TIL in the Catholic church, if a child is in peril of dying during delivery, the midwife may perform an emergency baptism. If the midwife is in doubt if the child still lives, she baptises the child saying: "In case you are able to receive the baptism, I baptise thee in the name of the Father etc"