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TIL a UPS tracking number with an “A” as the 9th character requires an adult signature, a “4” requires a signature.

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PY6YO TIL that after the filming of "2001 a Space Odyssey", director Stanley Kubrick destroyed nearly all of the film's props so that they wouldn't be used for "lesser" science-fiction films in the future.
vYZj TIL Karl Marx’s last words were “Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.”
0dpAR TIL In 1983 heavy metal fan and author Stephen King was so annoyed when the local radio station changed its rock format that be bought the station to switch back to play what he wanted
nRR7 TIL that the common heart shape (♥) is quite possibly based on a seed that was used for birth control in ancient times.
4Xggo TIL Charles Manson completed 150 hours of Scientology auditing before declaring the religion "too crazy"