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TIL Thousands of Chinese restaurants get their menus printed from a 2 block area in NYC. Always wondered why they all looked the same.

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Ag84 TIL in Canada apologizing for something cannot be used against you in court as an admission of guilt thanks to the Apology Act.
7rloX TIL about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind.
ADeOd TIL Godzilla was originally created as a metaphor for the the relationship between humans and nuclear weapons. Its skin is not based on reptile scales but the burn wounds found on the survivors of the Hiroshima bombing.
9wYAM TIL that the ‘Easter Bunny’ originated in Germany because of its prolific fertility, symbolizing birth and the start of life around springtime. During famine, eggs were dyed and gifted to children in Easter time and like that, the two concepts merged into the modern day Easter Bunny.
lo8eA TIL that a typical microwave oven consumes more electricity powering its clock than it does heating food.