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TIL there's a restaurant in New York that doesn't employ chefs; they employ grandmas. Every day, a different grandma from around the world designs her own menu.

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8Bb4 TIL The oldest third party in the United States is the Prohibition Party, founded in 1869 to ban alcohol and still going strong today, even getting 512 votes in the 2012 presidential elections!
awVGA TIL the girl who played Robin Williams' teenage daughter in Mrs. Doubtfire was kicked out of school for missing too many classes during filming. Robin Williams then wrote a letter to the principal 'respectfully requesting' he reconsider. She didn't get back in, but the school did frame the letter
VBB7G TIL that one person, an editorial cartoonist, popularised the modern forms of Uncle Sam, Santa Claus, as well as the symbols of the elephant & the donkey for the political parties.
ANZV4 TIL that, every two years since 1965, one senator's desk in the US Senate has been designated the "Candy Desk". The senator who occupies this desk is responsible for ensuring that it is stocked with an abundant supply of candy.
ZpwLY TIL the director of the French Connection paid an official at the New York Transit Authority a $40,000 bribe to overlook the rules and allow the famous chase sequence to be filmed.