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

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ADmbn TIL Apples at the supermarkets and grocery stores aren’t as fresh as you’d think. They can be over a year old. They are waxed, hot air dried and kept in a cooled room. The apples are usually picked between August and November.
ADJR4 TIL Before the British partitioned India, the spoken language of Urdu and Hindi was referred to collectively as “Hindustani”. When India became independent, Gandhi wanted to keep this Hindustani language. But later Urdu became official language of Pakistan, and Hindi, official language of India
OGPyR TIL Jungholz is an Austrian village that is only accessible via Germany. Because of access issues the village followed German customs since 1868 and used the Deutsche Mark until 2002. The odd placement is the result of German land being sold to an Austrian taxman in 1342.
R7wm1 TIL there's a floating island called "Spiral Island" in Mexico that was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005. It was rebuilt in 2008, and is made of plastic.
4BkN TIL John Cleese’s family’s surname was Cheese, until his father changed their surname to Cleese before signing up for the army in World War 1.