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TIL TGI Fridays Got Rid Of “Flair” Because Of Office Space

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mrgM TIL Japan is the vending machine capital of the world and that machines can dispense free supplies in the event of disasters
0dGr5 TIL the line “Brian Wilson is a genius” gained popularity in 1966 when the Beach Boys’ publicist Derek Taylor started calling Brian Wilson a "genius" as part of an effort to rebrand the Beach Boys and legitimize Wilson as a serious artist on par with the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
7rj8P TIL that there are commuter trains in Japan with their own zen gardens
Lpo9 TIL some Canadian police departments issue ‘positive tickets’ thanking citizens for doing something good.
e0YQ5 TIL in 1974, drinkers in a British pub were bemoaning the fact that the UK didn't produce world champions, so they invented a sport that no one else knew about: toe wrestling. In 1976, a Canadian visitor competed and won, so with the point of the sport gone, the "World Championship" was discontinued