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TIL approximately 100 Applebee's locations turn into night clubs from 10pm to 2am complete with low light, loud music, solo cups, and even black light parties and karaoke

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NXeDP TIL the Space Shuttle Enterprise's Computer 2 failed on the first flight test because of bad soldering, showing that the redundancy of the backup computers worked properly.
dD5xK TIL that adults who played Pokémon video games extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of each Pokémon. Stanford researchers identified the brain region activated by Pokémon characters.
wDNE TIL that the fake snow in Wizard of Oz was made of pure asbestos
VBQ08 TIL during World War 2, Pittsburgh produced more steel and iron than all Axis powers—combined.
nVl9 TIL that by analyzing the faces of Olympic medalists after their events, a peer-reviewed study found that silver medalists feel worse, on average, than bronze medalists. Silver medalists feel unlucky, while bronze medalists feel lucky.