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TIL that FEMA uses Waffle Houses being open as an indicator of how bad a natural disaster is.

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GnGj TIL that Jamal Woolard, the man who played The Notorious B.I.G in the film Notorious, was himself shot at the opening of Notorious.
LQjMd TIL all public transport has been free in Luxemborg for nearly 5 years now
mxagM TIL the reason allied forces had nets on their helmets during WW2 was to reduce the helmets ‘shine’ and it would also allow soldiers to place bits of foliage to increase their camouflage
9LOX TIL That getting into a romantic relationship on average pushes two friends out of your inner social circle
PYOyJ TIL the author of the first Macintosh compression program (StuffIt, 1987) wrote it while a student in US high school, and royalty checks paid for his MIT tuition