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TIL that D-Day Fighting Was So Intense That 4% Of Normandy’s Beach Is Still Shrapnel

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JY94l TIL Gibson Guitars is missing their 1959-1960 shipping ledger and is offering a $59,000 cash reward for its return
R7RO4 TIL that until 2013, Shark Tank required 5% equity of all companies - just to pitch in the show. Lawyers at ABC later changed the requirement after Mark Cuban gave them an ultimatum — remove the equity clause or "I'm not coming back."
5YrQ9 TIL that Ally's Law is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires stores to allow people with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms. It was named after a 14 year old girl with Crohn’s Disease who soiled herself in a mall after being denied access to a store restroom.
Wb69 Til that senator Joseph McCarthy was also key in creating the ‘Lavender scare’ which targeted homosexuals
QkL9 TIL The town Santa Rita do Sapucai in Brazil powers its streetlights by having convicts pedal bicycles attached to generators.