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TIL that São Paulo, the world’s fourth largest metropolis, banned all outdoor advertising with no ill effect. “The law is now so popular that some companies that were able through legal action to maintain some outdoor presence chose not to, so as not to be seen as flying in the face of [it]”

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9Yo9X TIL about the Chocolate Bar Strike: in 1947, Canadian children went on strike because the price of candy bars had risen from 5 to 8 cents.
grKmX TIL whales sometimes fart. The bubbles that whale flatulence generates are about the size of a watermelon. The unpleasant odor of whale farts has been described by observers as "a combination of herring breath and the funk of rotten salad." Seals are also known to have particularly noisy farts.
rNBQx TIL that when Apple was making the Power Mac 7100, they gave it the internal code name "Carl Sagan." Concerned the use of his name would be seen as an endorsement, Sagan sent a cease and desist, to which Apple changed its codename to "Butt-Head Astronomer."
LQlwZ TIL that 150,000 people speak the native language of Corsican. Always thought they just speak French there.
LQLLp TIL the world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.