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TIL every Texas Roadhouse has a corner dedicated to Willie Nelson

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aaPA TIL That if you receive public funding for construction in Philadelphia, you have to dedicate a percentage to public space or art. It’s in part why Philadelphia has the most murals in the world.
6EGWJ TIL most of the Founding Fathers were likely Deists and not Christians, but saw organized religion as a useful tool for governing the masses
Meoa7 TIL Titanium was in such short supply, that when Lockheed built the A-12 and later SR-71, the CIA had to set up dummy companies to buy the raw materials from the Soviet Union.
W7La8 TIL that Van Halen's touring contract stated that if they found any brown M&M's backstage the band could cancel the concert at the full expense of the promotor. If brown M&M's were found it meant the promotor hadn't read every word of the contract and may have missed important safety-related items.
69bWW TIL about the Asch Conformity Experiment. If participants were the only one disagreeing, they often conformed to the group, even if the answer was clearly wrong. If just one other person agreed with them, conformity dropped significantly.