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TIL that American highways are increasingly being signed with a font called Clearview, which was approved for interim use in 2004 and is claimed to be more legible than the traditional Highway Gothic font.

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1a8Kd TIL lead vocalist of Boston, Brad Delp, committed suicide after personal tension between him and bandleader Scholz, and after his fiancé's sister discovered a hidden camera Delp had planted in her room.
Zp9aQ TIL: That Frasier wasn't the only spinoff from "Cheers" - in 1987 "The Tortellis" was launched focused on the life of Carla Tortelli's ex-husband, Nick Tortelli
6pWl TIL In c. 552 two Christian monks, after learning Chinese silkworm cultivation, smuggled silkworm eggs on behalf of Byzantine emperor Justinian, resulting in the Empire’s monopoly over the European silk market and forming the foundations of its economy for the next 650 years (until its demise).
1apDV TIL that the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) have their own catering support unit for prolonged incidents called TEAPOT1
V5J8 TIL John Glenn was the first person to eat in space aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. At that time it was unknown if ingestion and absorption of nutrients were possible in zero gravity. Glenn ate applesauce, demonstrating that people could eat, swallow, and digest food in a weightless environment.