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TIL The world's biggest kitchen is often considered to be the kitchen at the Sri Sai Sansthan Prasadalaya in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India which uses state of the art technology to prepare free meals for over 40,000 people on a typical day and sometimes more than 70,000 for special festivals.

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YwYB TIL: Buried within its new Verizon Up" rewards terms of service agreement is a separate agreement for their select program that allows them to share your private data with the Huffington Post and AOL among other of their subsidiaries
lb5B TIL Almost a third of the male population of the Pitcairn Islands, a nation of about 50 people, have been convicted of sexual offenses, many involving children. An “entry clearance application” must be made for any children under the age of 16 before visiting Pitcairn
VMlLm TIL that in 1900 the Chinatown in Honolulu was intentionally burned down to prevent the further spread of plague. Four months later, Honolulu was plague-free.
8aRNb TIL that since 1937, hundreds of Santas a year have attended the Santa School in Michigan, with curriculum including Santa history, sign language, handling difficult present requests, sleigh flight lessons, and the habits of live reindeer.
xplB TIL the city of Sao Paolo implemented a “Clean City Law” in 2006, which banned all outdoor advertisements. No billboards, no ads on buses, no posters. This ‘uncovered’ problems such as illegal workers living in bad conditions but also lead to more street art and more visible city architecture.