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TIL in the 1980s and 1990s, there were annual Nickelodeon Super Toy Run events which gave lucky child winners 5 minutes to run rampant in a toy store (Toys R Us or Kay Bee Toys) and put toys in shopping carts. The child could keep all the toys he or she brought past the finish line in time.

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L5Dr TIL in 1948, the United States signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of being in the UN. Article 12 says “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy…or correspondence. Everyone has the right to the protection…against such interference or attacks.”
BryrK TIL in South Korea, a woman obtained her driver's license on her 960th try.
neLmY TIL that there is no absorbency difference between Always Ultra Thin pads and regular maxi pads, the latter is made thick so women can feel more “secure”
9Yk6Q TIL when the band The Verve received their first record company advance, singer Richard Ashcroft spent all of the money on having a piping hot lasagne delivered to his door every day until the cash ran out
wLJpM TIL of Sidney Lewis, the youngest person to ever serve in the British Army. He lied about his age, and enlisted in the Army at 12 years old in 1915, and would go on to fight for several weeks in the trenches at the Battle of Somme before his mother discovered and requested he be discharged.