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TIL that the two founders of Pizza Hut sold the business to Pepsi in 1977, and one of the founders then became a prolific Papa John's franchisee, owning 133 locations by the year 2001.

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MK98 TIL in Sept 1940 the UK sent the US documents for improved radar, the jet engine, feasibility of an atomic bomb, rocket designs, plastic explosives & more; tech that would lead to victory, the nuclear age, jet age & said to be the “most valuable cargo ever brought to our shores”; in a single trunk.
W7MLA TIL because of the low humidity due to high elevation in Denver, the Colorado Rockies baseball team started using a humidor to store baseballs in 2002, after which they found that home runs and other stats became more in line with the rest of the league
mBPy TIL the HTTP standard includes an error message 418: I’m a teapot. It is part of the standard detailing a protocol known as Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) and is supposed to be used when an attempt is made to brew coffee in a teapot instead of a coffee pot.
BgEgb TIL that due to industry influence, Missouri has some of the loosest alcohol laws in the US. Hard liquor can be sold in grocery stores and gas stations; bars can double as liquor stores; public intoxication is legal; and open containers are allowed in most areas, including by passengers in vehicles.
XEJEj TIL Keanu Reeves has had stalkers break into his house multiple times. On one occasion he awoke and found one in his library. He calmly spoke to her as he called the police for a psychiatric evaluation.