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TIL that several high school friends formed the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America (CEPTIA) in 1968, which eventually led to laws banning pay toilets in several states

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dD9xd TIL that the central star of Butterfly Nebula is one of the hottest star known
W77Wd TIL That percussion instrument manufacturer, the Zildjian Company was founded almost 400 years ago during the Ottoman Empire.
YBp7 TIL- In 1980 Saddam Hussein was given the key to the city of Detroit
jN8jR TIL in 2014, an associate professor from Georgia Southern University got investigated for offering extra credit for students who watched God’s Not Dead 1
RnL4 TIL that when Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the WorldWideWeb, his boss wrote “vague, but exciting” on the cover, giving the go-ahead that resulted in the modern internet.