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TIL running a leafblower for 30 minutes is worse than driving a pickup truck 3800 miles

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d8XkK TIL that many elevators in Denmark have a button labeled 'I fart', which translates as 'In motion'. When Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1960, strips of tape were used to cover these buttons in any elevators she used.
OoXRe TIL McDonalds tried to create bubblegum flavored broccoli to appeal to kids. The kids hated it and it was taken off the menu
rR9g1 TIL that the ''I am Iron Man'' line from the first Iron Man movie is actually improvised. Downey Jr. blurted out the revelation to the surprise of Feige, who became excited by the choice and approved leaving it in before the cut to the end credits.
EBEw TIL of Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paraglider that survived lightning, pounding hail, -40°C temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
Oo17R TIL When Sweden won the ice hockey world championships in 1957 in Moscow, the Soviets didn't have the national anthem ready. The Swedish team decided to sing it over the stadium's PA system, but didn't know the words to the anthem, so instead they sang the Swedish drinking song, "Helan går!".