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TIL the USA was the first country to gain independence from the British Empire.

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VBWJ8 TIL In 1963, The Alweg Monorail Company offered to build a 43-mile monorail system for Los Angeles County free of charge, recouping construction costs from passenger fares. The County Board of Supervisors declined the offer under pressure from Standard Oil.
W7R7o TIL Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co. produced rubber technology for making auto tires to shoes. It contains a special polymer including sustainable, renewable soybean oil for better grip, durability, enhanced stability, and traction
LQlpm TIL that when Kentucky Fried Chicken moved its headquarters to Tennessee, Colonel Sanders (who had sold KFC in 1964, but still had much influence) said "This ain't no goddam Tennessee Fried Chicken, no matter what some slick, silk-suited son-of-a-bitch says". The company soon moved back to Kentucky.
Y7Eb7 TIL lifeguards at Flagler Beach, FL paddled through shark-infested waters to save a deer found swimming 300 yards offshore. The deer had been stranded in the ocean for over 90 minutes before making it safely back to shore. Deer rescue by surfboard—nature's irony at its finest!
8aakL TIL in 1996 an instrument failure caused a plane to lose control and crash just after takeoff, killing 189 people. It was later determined that the device used to measure airspeed was blocked by a wasp nest