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TIL In Costa Rica streets aren’t named and houses aren’t numbered

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QNNld TIL that TVs used to end broadcasting and go static at midnight
5VDWR TIL Andre the Giant and Haystacks Calhoun once went to an all-you-can-eat restaurant together
wpoP TIL the US Army admits it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard gas agent in the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, landmines and rockets, and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste.
kOg54 TIL The 320th VLA was the only black combat unit to take part in the D-Day landings . The mission of the 621-man assault force was to raise hydrogen-filled barrage balloons to protect assaulting infantry and armor from being strafed by enemy aircraft .
ADmNx TIL the fultograph was able to broadcast pictures to homes via radio in the 1920s. Using the output from the loud speaker socket it darkened an area of sensitized paper on a rotating drum.