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TIL There's a Federal Railroad Administration which allows you to report when and where trains have blocked a crossing for unreasonable amounts of time.

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GAA4J TIL the Reno 911! pilot was conceived and shot in 5 days. The team had worked on a series of pilots, one of which, after a year's worth of development, was terminated the day before shooting. The team asked if they could make another pilot (Reno 911!) with the remaining funds, and executives agreed.
e944 TIL that two men vanished months apart after being pulled over by the same Police Officer
NX5PN TIL that Natale Olivieri created Yoo-hoo after several failed attempts to bottle chocolate drinks that would spoil shortly thereafter. After Olivieri observed his wife canning fruits and vegetables, Olivieri adopted the same heat processing techniques and began officially bottling Yoo-hoo in 1928.
lyr7 TIL The IMF estimates we subsidize big oil to the tune of $10 million per minute
69QLl TIL that in 1955 Campbell’s launched a campaign proposing its beef bouillon as a cocktail drink, proposing it with a squeeze of lemon, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, or even bitters, then garnishing it with a twist of lemon or slice of cucumber. The campaign continued until the 1970s