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TIL that the "Delivery Fees" charged by chain pizza places (Papa Johns and Dominos) are assumed by most people to be a gratuity to the delivery person, but they are not. Delivery drivers never see a dime of it.

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9YLGM TIL 3 men were shipwrecked in the south Pacific; buoyed by life vests, they swam to the deserted island Fanadik. After 3 days on the island, a US Navy plane spotted a fire the men made and then saw the men waving life vests next to palm fronds that spelled H-E-L-P.
ajoJ TIL that NERF is an acronym for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.
W8Go TIL A UK university was fine £400,000 after 2 students were accidentally given a lethal dose of caffeine during a scientific experiment. Because of a misplaced decimal point on the phone used to calculate the caffeine dosage, they received 30g instead of the planned 0.3g. The lethal dose is 18g.
a8GPZ TIL that after losing his Presidential reelection bid, John Quincy Adams briefly considered retirement but went on to win 9 Congressional elections and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court for the freedom of the Amistad slaves.
MZjb TIL That there is a village in Austria named Fucking where the road signs were frequently stolen by English-speaking tourists. The mayor said that tourists, and the money they bring to the area, were welcome, but locals were sick of replacing the Fucking signs.