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TIL that when the 24-7-365 restaurant Denny’s decided to close for Christmas in 1988 many stores realized that they didn’t have any keys, or even locks, since they never used them. 700 of the 1221 restaurants needed to get new locks installed for the holiday.

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GlBg TIL that the white guy from the iconic 1968 Olympic Black Power salute was shunned by his home country, Australia, and wasn’t even allowed to participate at the 2000 Sydney Games
x6pr1 TIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship or parachuted from a plane and to be able to cope with the humidity of the South Pacific.
Grl1 TIL during World War II, the US sent former major league baseball catcher and OSS agent Moe Berg to attend a lecture from Dr. Heisenberg. Berg was armed with a pistol and had orders to shoot Dr. Heisenberg if his lecture indicated that Germany was close to completing an atomic bomb.
aolN TIL Bear-Cats are a real thing but are neither bears nor cats. They use their tail as an extra limb and to communicate emitting an odor reminiscent of popcorn or corn chips.
4pQ5 TIL the UK has a bigger population than the combination of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, despite being less than 2% of their total size (by area)