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TIL that during Johnny Carson’s final episode of the Tonight Show, Comedy Central went dark, showing only a message: “watching Johnny Carson’s last show and so should you.”

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nY6B TIL - In 2001, workers took over a struggling factory after their employer refused to provide them with a travel allowance and left the business for dead. Soon, they had made new clients, paid off the factory debts, and raised their salaries. The factory continues to run as a co-operative.
Bg1gd TIL that it’s someone’s job to ride ahead of the Tour de France and erase all of the dick graffiti before the race arrives and gets shown on camera
neboP TIL: In the mid 1800s downtown Chicago was lifted to deal with problems with mud and to make room for sewers. During this process, entire buildings and eventually entire blocks were slowly lifted with hydraulic jacks until the whole downtown area was raised up to 14 feet.
69MJX TIL Earths Geographical North Pole is actually earths Southern Magnetic Pole.
WJko TIL Issac Asimov coined the term “robotics” without knowing it. He assumed it was already a term.