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TIL that Robert Downey Jr. quit drugs after getting a burger and soda from Burger King. He found the food so disgusting that he proceeded to throw all of the drugs in his car into the ocean and pursue sobriety.

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a8doL TIL about the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon's English-speaking west, between separatists and (Francophone) Cameroon. Atleast 6,000 people have died and over 700,000 people have been displaced.
VjKQ TIL in 1922 there was a three-day riot in New York City over whether men could wear straw hats after September 15
dLZ8 TIL Helsinki, Finland has an annual celebration called Dinner Under the Sky, where all Helsinkians can set up a table outside and enjoy their dinner on the city’s sidewalks, parks, or even in the middle of the busiest shopping streets.
NXopJ TIL Michigan State University was the first land-grant university in the U.S., established in 1855 to teach scientific agriculture
gNVA TIL in 1945 an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building, injuring elevator operator Betty Oliver. When rescuers attempted to lower her on an elevator, the cable snapped, plunging her 75 stories down. She survived the fall, and to this day holds the record for longest survived elevator fall.