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TIL revolving doors were invented by someone who hated holding the door for women and decided to do something about it.

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awel0 TIL that Milton Friedman served as an advisor to Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet did not criticize Pinochet's dictatorship at the time, nor the assassinations, illegal imprisonments, torture, or other atrocities that were well known by then.
v4LR TIL - “Wierd” Al Yankovic was Valedictorian of his senior class, where he also founded the Volcano Worshippers club, “which did absolutely nothing. We started the club just to get an extra picture of ourselves in the yearbook.”
M7Y9m TIL: Somebody made a 10-hour movie titled "Paint Drying".
GAwj5 TIL about the phenomenon known as “Rat Kings” wherein multiple rats or mice are found stuck, tangled, or otherwise bound together at the tail.
epD45 TIL that HBO’s smash hit show The White Lotus was written and produced by the one and only Ned Scheebly (Mike White)