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ZoG TIL The woman who sued McDonalds for their coffee being hot had a legitimate case for medical expenses and was awarded the rest of her money because McDonalds ignored 700 other coffee related injuries
woePE TIL Michael Phelps no longer holds any current individual world record. An end of an era.
75Qr TIL in 2007, a new parking garage in Germany ended up with two parking bays that had a peculiar shape and required a complicated parking maneuver in order to park there. Officials declared them Men’s Parking Spaces to discourage unskilled drivers from attempting the maneuver.
m1kDE TIL Boeing offered to install solid rockets on their early 727-200 airliners back in the 1960s and 1970s. These were for emergency thrust in the event of an engine failure during takeoff at high altitude airports. Only twelve 727s ever had them, all with Mexicana Airlines for use at Mexico City.
D56r TIL one of Hitler’s personal chauffeurs and close friends was found to be Jewish and was targeted for expulsion from the SS by Heinrich Himmler. Upon hearing that Maurice was of Jewish descent Hitler made an exception for Maurice and his brothers calling them “honorary Aryans.”