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TIL in Germany, a cross can only be present in the classroom only if all the students agree that it should, and it has to be taken off in case any student objects

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J1LGV TIL about guayule (pronounced why-OO-lee). An alternative to rubber trees, it has a rubber content of 3% - 7%. It can be grown in hot, desert climates requiring a fraction of the water/fertilizer that rubber trees do. It's also weed, insect and disease resistant. It was used by the US in WW2.
ne6VY TIL 1956 USA passed the „Refrigerator Safety Act“. Early refrigerators would only open from the outside and trapped/suffocated children. Magnetic strips were used on fridge doors to create an air-proof seal, but would open from the inside with a light push. Even tests with children were conducted.
Oob4a TIL the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don't write names on the cups.
OGgbX TIL that before the 1959s bedbugs were found in >30% of American homes. Numbers dropped due to use of DDT but that has since been banned and NYC had a 2000% increase from 2005-2009.
7PpM TIL there was an unsanctioned Russian version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles where they met Batman and a ballerina T-Rex