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TIL that African American slaves used songs to deliver encoded messages of underground railroads indicating instructions of where to go.

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1a9b4 TIL when in 2015 Domino's was rolling out their Driver Tracker, they were considering having the app show "fun facts" about the delivery driver, such as their favorite sports teams and music they listen to on the way over.
16g7V TIL that Copenhagen's only ski hill, CopenHill, was built on top of one of the world's cleanest waste incineration plants
DDv TIL That there is a company that claims to have the ability to convert the worlds waste plastic into oil
wokeJ TIL that the name Arizona does not come from Spanish, scholars disagree on whether it actually originates from the native O'odham name "alĭ ṣonak" (good spring) or from Basque settlers who called it "haritz ona" (good oak).
1apDV TIL that the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) have their own catering support unit for prolonged incidents called TEAPOT1