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TIL That Germany has a Dementia Project which has fake bus stops designed to keep Alzheimer’s patients from wandering off

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mx8gM TIL that blackjack basic strategy (the optimal strategy for winning) was developed by four US army engineers, who called themselves the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2008 they were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame.
n5db TIL McDonald’s Cooked their Fries in 93% Beef Fat (Tallow) until 1990, when they Switched to Vegetable Oil
ne9LG TIL when Macy’s added giant balloons to the Thanksgiving parade in 1927, they were released at the end of the parade. Anyone who recovered and returned one got $100.
yQDbM TIL A battery has been ringing a bell for 180 years and we don’t know what its made of
NX7YP TIL Jonathan Larson, creator of the Broadway Musical 'Rent', died suddenly and penniless the night before its first Off-Broadway performance. Rent made it to Broadway for a 12-year run and won Best Musical and many other awards, all of which Larson missed.