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TIL In 1970 America had over 50,000 pay toilets. By 1980, there were almost none.

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ZnAB TIL of the Croydon Facelift: Hair is pulled back and tied up so tightly that it pulls the face tighter. (Victoria Beckham wore the style on ‘American Idol’.) The hairstyle is also known as the 'council house facelift’ or 'Essex facelift’ in the UK, because of its association with “low class” women.
MepP0 TIL Colorado has its own unique style of pizza (nowhere near as well known as Chicago or Detroit style).
9Ydo6 TIL Astronauts can’t cry effectively in space. Rather than gravity pulling the tears down as it does on earth, the tears congeal in their eye and sting.
lob7G TIL: Despite being one of the most advanced and largest cities in the region, only 15% of the population of Dubai are actually natives, called Emiratis.
vPGl4 TIL There is an unwritten rule of the use of adjectives which native English speakers follow, but don't realize it: “Adjectives in English absolutely have to be written in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun.”