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TIL that Mariott started as a root beer stand.

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68xJ TIL that so many millions of people died so quickly in the influenza epidemic of 1918 that when people laid them out for their funerals in the parlor, the room got the nickname the “Death Room.” The Ladies Home Journal suggested changing the name to “Living Room” instead, to honor the living.
PY6BE TIL that the song “This Land is Your Land” was made to spite the song “God Bless America” for being too blindly patriotic
yQGG8 TIL about Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in the early silent film period of the 1910's, and noted for his status as a sex symbol, with "his most rabid fan base [being] white women."
lWEN TIL Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.
xVlN5 TIL about 35 percent of British adults still sleep with a teddy bear.