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TIL that U.S. Route 491 had its name changed from Route 666 in 2003 after people petitioned the American Association of State Highway & Transport Officials as they believed altering the name might lift the curse that many thought had been placed on the road.

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16x4D TIL twice as much Wind power was created in America between 2017-2020 than 2013-2016 (22.8 GW vs 40.5 GW)
MYkK TIL Chipotle has a policy of bringing ingredients to the tables of disabled diners and doing tableside preparation so they don’t miss out on the “Chipotle experience”
dDEkZ TIL that after dropping out of college and heading to Hollywood, Craig T. Nelson was first employed as a security guard at a soap factory.
DQd8P TIL about "the yips", the sudden and unexplained loss of ability to perform certain actions in experienced athletes across many sports. For example, All-Star pitcher Jon Lester began struggling to field hit balls in 2014 so he would run most of the way to 1st base and underhand throw the ball.
ANwB4 TIL the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was heavily damaged after destroying a Japanese aircraft carrier during the first carrier battle in history. After 48 hours of emergency repairs, it ended up helping destroy two more carriers before being sunk and inadvertently saved the other US carriers.