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TIL of Heart Attack Grill, a restaurant where people over 350 lbs eat free. 3 people have died while eating there and the only vegan option on the menu is cigarettes.

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Br1oW TIL that the Declaration of Independence states that it is the duty & right of people to overthrow a government/leadership that acts against the common interests of the people or/and threatens the safety of the people.
nJD7 TIL that Godzilla is covered in “keloid scars” to evoke the gruesome marks borne by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. After these incidents, Godzilla was conceived in Japan as a metaphor for the danger nuclear weapons represent to humanity.
LQbed TIL Kokura, Japan was the original target of the second atomic bomb dropped during World War II
adZ9 TIL There is a Phenomenon where people believe street lights react to their presence which is known as “Street light interference phenomenon”
p4Z8 TIL that the US had a 5 cent paper note, but it was discontinued after it was found that the head of the Bureau of Currency had put his own picture on the front.