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TIL fast food restaurants frequently use Columbus Ohio to test out new products because the demographics of the city closely resemble those of the country as a whole

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6EmwW TIL of the FFF system of units. For example, the speed of light is 1.8026 megafurlongs per microfortnight.
v1Dkx TIL 'slide to unlock' feature of iPhone was introduced after the UI designer, Freddy Anzures noticed the slide to lock/unlock mechanism on airplane bathroom door
VrYB TIL there is a law in Danville, PA that states that all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
Ypyed TIL that Hummingbirds use spider silk when making their nests.
Yp8mx TIL of Jaycee Dugard, an 11-year old girl who was kidnapped in 1991 only to be found when her kidnapper walked into a school in 2009 with two young girls claiming they were his daughters. They were in fact his daughters, their mother being Jaycee; a prisoner for 18 years and a mother at 14.