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TIL, to dispel suspicions his product was low quality, Nathan Handwerker (of Nathan's Famous) hired white-jacketed college students to stand in front of his stand munching hot dogs to make customers think the dogs must be healthy if doctors are eating them.

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P1LKn TIL in 2005 Gary Beach became the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in movie theatres at the same time after returning to his stage role as Roger De Bris while The Producers movie was in release
wLw9Y TIL of Detroit’s Eight-mile wall built in 1941 to separate separate black & white communities. It still stands to this day.
oB1Zr TIL that the ‘Three Little Pigs’ in the Green Jellÿ 1993 hit song were voiced by musicians Les Claypool of Primus, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and actor/comedian Pauly Shore
pm4O TIL VLC Media Player uses a traffic cone as it’s logo because the students who created the program had a traffic cone collection.
x0JB TIL the company behind ITT Tech was once one of the biggest conglomerates on Earth. They grossed $8 Billion in 1970, were heavily involved in the Brazilian and Chilean coupes, and were recently fined $100 Million for violations of the Arms Export Control Act.