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TIL the US Army had a super Nintendo game for teaching shooting skills.

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M4Z8 TIL The Spindle, the iconic car sculpture seen at the beginning of Waynes World, was dismantled in 2008 to build a Walgreens
nkPr TIL “huh?” is a universal word and is found in roughly the same form and function in spoken languages across the globe.
Emy7 TIL TGI Fridays banned flair because of the movie Office Space
dDgkK TIL that when the British evacuated New York in 1783, George Washington was dissappointed in not getting back some of his escaped slaves and had been surprised the British commander thought that doing so would be "a dishonourable violation of the public faith". 3000 slaves escaped with the British.
epjX4 TIL about "the Fresh bread ban" - WWI British regulation that made it illegal to sell bread until 12 hours after it had been baked - previous research showed that stale bread was being consumed 5% less, thus helping alleviate supply shortages