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TIL The tallest building in Vermont is only 11 floors tall, and was constructed in 1971.

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jNoGn TIL Subway spent $22M in 2007 keeping shows Chuck and Community on air, giving them creative freedom as long as they showed their subs. The creator of Community decided to show Subway any chance he could. The Chief Marketing Officer of Subway at the time said they "experienced double digit gains".
4k8nw TIL: Migraines are 3 times more common in women than in men.
jNNdE TIL that there's a small yet clearly defined generation between Gen X and millenials.
gMB5X TIL there is a 2001 Volvo stuck on a tiny island in Ottawa, Illinois
Y7eYP TIL scientists in 2002 reconstructed and synthesized a visual pigment gene present in the last common ancestor of birds and crocodiles (archosaurs).