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TIL Bridgestone patented fire-retardant tyres in 1996

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4RMJ TIL that a widow of a WWII veteran never learned the exact fate of her husband. After 68 years she found that he was not only buried in France. But that a town in France has been honoring him for the last 68 years.
dXEQ TIL certain Panera Bread cafés are “pay-what-you-want” for food.
Ggd1 TIL Kenner Toys was unable to manufacture Star Wars action figures in time for the 1977 holidays, so many kids were left unwrapping an “early bird certificate”.
R71Ga TIL that tin has ten natural isotopes, the most of any element
gMxnA TIL of "harbinger customers" whose purchasing behavior can be correlated to a new product failing. These customers have been found to live in particular zip codes; and these customers and locations can even be correlated to supporting political candidates who are destined to fail.