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TIL the swiss city of Basel has a special team of garbage detectives tasked with finding and fining people that dumped their trash illegally.

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R7AZ4 TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper was also the most acclaimed classical pianist of his time, Jozef Hofmann, praised by the likes of Rachmaninoff, patented many mechanics for Steinway
enn4 TIL there is a company that is building solar roads, which can cheaply and effectively replace the power and communitcations grid.
RL8l TIL each of the four major professional sports leagues in the U.S. has a contingency plan if, God forbid, an entire team were to perish in a plane crash.
QRvL TIL Hulk Hogan was offered to endorse a grill, but missed his agent’s phone call due to picking up his kids. George Foreman took the deal, and has earned close to $200 million ever since.
Pd6n TIL: Thirty-five percent of people are born without wisdom teeth. Experts believe they will eventually be gone.