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TIL that Domino’s dropped its “30 minutes or less” guarantee in the US in 1993 after a series of lawsuits accused the company of promoting unsafe driving.

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ND9E TIL except for the dutch all current european monarchs (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK) are descendants of Queen Victoria and King Christian IX (Denmark). At the start of WW1 their grandchildren occupied the thrones of Germany, Russia, the UK and 5 other countries.
pY6lp TIL I learned that Duke Kahanamoku was not just a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, as an Olympic Champion but was also a descendant of Hawaiian royalty
9mNG TIL During WWII, the Dutch resistance recruited teenage girls to seduce and kill Nazis
Q5ma TIL that in swimming finishes within 0.01 seconds are considered a tie, because to determine times within 0.001 seconds the length of each lane could differ no more than 1.7mm.
KdrR TIL that the process of getting torn apart by a black hole is called Spaghettification