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TIL The BBC were infamous for "wiping" tapes of their shows (fans of Doctor Who know this story very well). But it's even worse then you'd expect. It's estimated 60 to 70 percent of all BBC programming produced between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s was deleted.

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gMe6W TIL the only two countries on the planet that make it illegal to pass a stopped and loading/unloading school bus are US and Canada
MenbA TIL Costco loses $40m a year on rotisserie chickens. A clear loss leader, they are 50% bigger than ones from other stores, and $1-$2 cheaper because it's '...how much a chicken should cost'. They sell over 60m of them a year.
VdwG TIL Norway stopped investing money into Walmart after determining that the company is guilty of “serious violations of fundamental ethical norms.”
wo0P1 TIL that most tap water when left out for a day will increase in pH approx. 1 unit (turns more basic) as dissolved CO2 degasses
9g9m TIL that while John and Clarence Anglin, 2 of the 3 men who ever escaped from Alcatraz, were officially reported to have drowned in the bay, their mother received flowers anonymously every Mother’s Day until she died, and two very tall unknown women were reported to have attended her funeral.