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TIL the “bus stop” sign is painted by hand without using a lettered stencil. Yet the uniformity!

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D1X1v TIL the origins and history of the 'New York Greek coffee cup' seen in a lot of tv shows/movies
6EDPm TIL more than half the US states have laws requiring employers to give people time off to vote. Some states even require the employer to pay your wages while you're voting!
WkwNL TIL about Pedro Rodrigues Filho, a Brazilian serial killer who killed about 100 people and was jailed for 30+ years. Because of Brazilian laws, he is currently free and is a popular YouTuber.
69deX TIL about the origins of the expression “the toolies” (the Aussie version is NSFW)
5VM4D TIL a classmate of Anne Frank, Theo Coster (Morris Simon, 1928-2019), founded with his wife Ora (1931-2021) a game design company which invented popular games such as Guess Who?, Zingo! and the breast-inspired Pop-It fidget toy. Their headstones were made to resemble the Guess Who? flip-up frames.