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TIL The majority (65%) of the fire departments in the US are made up of volunteers. That means of the total 1,041,200 active firefighters nationwide, 676,900 have selflessly dedicate their time and service to their communities.

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5JyQ TIL the actor who plays the main sidekick of Dr Evil Random Task in Austin Powers is currently serving a life sentence for gang rape and torture
4GLJ TIL of Guenter Verheugen, the guy who got mobile phone manufacturers to adopt MicroUSB as the universal standard for charging/connectivity.
mxZeo TIL: Piggly Wiggly was the first true self-service grocery store. Before their founding in September 6, 1916, grocery stores did not allow their customers to gather their own goods. Instead, a customer would give a list of items to a clerk, who would then go through the store, gathering them.
NXQDJ TIL many of Alfred Hitchcock's "Hitchcock blondes"- including Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest), Kim Novak (Vertigo), Vera Miles (Psycho), and Tippi Hedren (The Birds)- are all alive today and in their 90s.
9wZAm TIL The Apology Project was created by Allan Bridge in 1980. He invited callers to apologize their wrongs against people without jeopardizing themselves. Callers confessed everything from infidelity, drug dealing to ritualistic murder