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TIL John Prine was discovered as a singer by Roger Ebert.

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GZYE TIL Self checkout lanes not only do not save their customers time but usually take them even more time to check out than customers in standard checkout lanes
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kOab1 TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada who, if elected, promised to "Promote higher education by building taller schools", "Repeal the law of gravity", and "Take Canada off the gold standard, opting instead to use a snow standard to boost the economy".
DQKZD TIL that Latimer Road tube station has automated announcements asking people not to take photos of the adjacent Grenfell Tower, partly out of respect for the people who died there and partly so that camera flashes don't distract tube drivers
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