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TIL Sears created Allstate and The Discover Card!

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epl4g TIL The 1st, 2nd and 5th deadliest wildfires in recorded history all happened on the same day in different places in the United States.
6E7oX TIL the power puff girls had an episode called the Beat-Alls where almost every line and plot point are lyrics from the Beatles.
AMkg TIL due to the interrogation techniques of the Soviets an innocent was executed for a serial killer’s first murder, and many others confessed to the subsequent killings. Four committed suicide due to the investigators’ tactics. The killer killed at least 53 over 12 years before being caught.
eb4 TIL the mold in blue cheese is Penicillium
Oowd7 TIL while walking in Manhattan’s Central Park that each lamppost has a set of numbers at the base. The first 2-3 numbers indicate the closest cross street, and the last number indicates what side of town you’re closest to. An odd number indicates you’re on the west side, and even means east.