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TIL that Starbucks’ round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone.

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OGMbg TIL: USS Fomalhaut was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. The launch used 7,000 pounds of ripe bananas, which the US Maritime Commission found to be an "efficient substitute" for traditional launching grease.
lQ9K TIL that in the business environment, you’re supposed to sign with blue ink and not black because the blue ink represents the “original” document, when black ink represents the “copy.”
Dnlr TIL NASA helped the airline industry save billions on fuel with one simple fix
aDGA TIL that Sean Penn once beat Madonna over the head with a baseball bat, shot at a paparazzi, and hung another paparazzi by his ankles from a ninth-floor balcony
kJYB5 TIL Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas share the same birthday, 25 years apart, and they are married to each other