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TIL that January 16th is national do nothing day in the US

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d8YnE TIL Turkey's capital, Ankara, was a small town of few thousand people in the beginning of the 20th century. It is now a sprawling, modern city and a symbol for independence, development and Western values
oBX8L TIL people would come and go during movies before Psycho. Hitchcock required theaters to not allow people in after it started. It was after that when people would watch entire movies more regularly from start to end
YJ7d TIL that in 2008, Harvard created their own version of the classic Food Pyramid that more accurately reflected dietary science.
V0YD TIL two boys tried to sue Nintendo in 1999 alleging that Pokémon caused their gambling addictions.
5Y8JD TIL about the Sprint missile, part of an ABM system which blew open its silo with explosives, launched the missile platform out of silo with explosives, and reached Mach 10 (7610mph) in five seconds; traveling so fast it required an ablative heat shield, with surface temperatures reaching 6200F.