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TIL that the largest hotel chain in the U.S. by number of locations is Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, with 6,083 locations across the country.

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loGeK TIL that sailors slept in hammocks, as they stayed well balanced even if the ship was in motion. The Royal Navy formally adopted the sling hammock in 1597 much after Columbus discovered them in the Bahamas. Sailors got so accustomed to hammocks that they even took them back on leave.
yQybv TIL of Boxer Billy Collins, who in 1983 had his undefeated career ended when his opponent, Luis Resto, cheated and removed safety padding from his gloves and tore Collins' Iris in his right eye. Depressed, Collins spiraled into alcoholism and depression leading to his apparent suicide.
PY4rV TIL that there was an English Shepherd in the 1700s that not only learned basic mathematics, but became highly sought after as a tutor, often spending two or three months at a time in the houses of his "pupils"
16yZ8 TIL that in the music video for Status Quo's "Rockin' All Over The World", bassist Alan Lancaster is replaced by an obvious dummy, because he wasn't available for the shooting.
b97E TIL there’s a land between Egypt and Sudan that is not claimed by any country; it is the only such place in the world outside of Antarctica