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TIL: Scotland chose the unicorn as its national animal. In Celtic mythology, the fictional creature is connected with both chivalry and dominance as well as purity and innocence.

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WGW4 TIL in the 1980s, Dominos Pizza had a campaign centered around “The Noid”. It was discontinued in 1989 after a mentally ill man named Kenneth Noid took Dominos Pizza workers hostage after he thought the ads were a personal attack on him.
KYABE TIL American writer Jack Kerouac served on SS Dorchester which was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 3 February 1943. Kerouac would have also been on the ship during the attack, but for a telegram he received from coach Lou Little, asking him to return to Columbia University to play football.
Ldld TIL that while it is quicker to have one line feeding into multiple cashiers at a store, it bothers most customers psychologically as they prefer to jockey for position, leading most stores to choose a more inefficient system to please customers. It is also why other lines move faster in your line.
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wo8ZP TIL that during the 1500s and 1600s, Spain claimed the entire Pacific Ocean as its territory and considered any entrance by foreign ships to be unlawful.