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TIL that Gene Wilder stopped making movies because he didn’t want to make films filled with violence, profanity and nudity.

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Jv9Q TIL in 1810 London came to a standstill from a prank by Theodore Hook who sent out thousands of letters requesting services that included hundreds of coal deliveries, wedding cakes, priests, lawyers, doctors, chimney sweeps, and over a dozen pianos to be delivered to the same address.
Z8MrY TIL of caffeine-induced anxiety disorder where caffeine usage surpassing 200 mg has been shown to increase the likelihood for anxiety and panic attacks.
GAne7 TIL the famous sound of dial-up is the "handshake" between the modem and the Internet Service Provider before translating internet data into soundwaves.
1omP TIL that Bhutan is the only country to have officially adopted gross national happiness instead of the gross domestic product as the main development indicator
eLDJ TIL that in the US, 25% of rural bridges and 33% of urban bridges are considered to be structurally deficient by the American Society of Civil Engineers