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TIL that in 2015 the CEO of U-Haul make his personal phone number public so he could hear the questions and concerns of his customers. Apparently he still answers calls!

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a5ao TIL that the US helped France improve its nuclear weapons. Since US law prevents sharing atomic-bomb information, France and the US used a method called “negative guidance” or “Twenty Questions”; French scientists described to Americans their research, and were told whether they were correct.
x67Ag TIL about New York Yankees pitcher David Wells was observed to be out all night partying until the next morning. Despite being hung over, he pitched a perfect game, retiring all 27 batters he faced, marking the 15th perfect game in Major League Baseball history.
X01AE TIL an experimental investment portfolio was created comprised of the opposite of Jim Cramer's, host of CNBC's Mad Money, stocks picks. This portfolio has had such a large yield return since its inception in January 2021, that it is considered a novelty investment strategy.
vPNVB TIL Johnny Cash is the only recording artist ever to be inducted in each of these eight music-related halls of fame: Songwriters (1977), Nashville Songwriters (1977), Country Music (1980), Rock n' Roll (1992), Rockabilly (1999), Hit Parade (2007), Gospel Music (2011) and Memphis Music (2013).
KOOV9 TIL Woody Harrelson’s father once confessed to being a gunman in the JFK assassination