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TIL that Final Destination (released in 2000) was originally intended to be be an episode of the X-Files

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RXwl TIL that there is only one McDonald’s in the world with turquoise arches in Sedona, Arizona, because government officials thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the city.
1JrX TIL that in Japan there is a railway company that employs a cat as a “Super Station Master”. She is the only female employee in a managerial position
mxpoP TIL One of the founders of Starbucks returned a priceless collection of Chinese coins owned by his grandfather and donated it to the Shanghai Mint Museum in 2010. Its earliest piece is a coin mold dating back to 200 B.C., during the reign of Qin Shihuang
6Eobw TIL that Aaron Swartz is dead for nothing.
XADR TIL Pirates used eye patches to quickly adjust their eyes from above to below deck, having one eye trained in bright light, and the other in dim light.