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TIL 90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine

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1RxP TIL in 2002, Hooters promised a ‘Toyota’ for the waitress who could sell more beer in a month. She was pranked and instead won a Star Wars figurine (a Toy Yoda). She immediately sued the company and finally won the Toyota of her choice.
ZpPgv TIL The Importance Of Fire Safety
Brvje TIL that the original version of Les Paul guitar nicknamed "the Log" was crafted in an Epiphone factory. Les Paul then approached Gibson but got rejected calling the prototype, "broomstick with a pickup. " It would take a decade before Gibson finally accepts the idea.
d8wVB TIL Dorothy and Theodore are the same name reversed. They're both made from the Greek roots "doron" (gift) and "theos" (God).
JYMgQ TIL the oldest continuously-inhabited community in the U.S.A. is Acoma Pueblo, where the Acoma people have lived for more than 800 years