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TIL In 1883, U.S. and Canadian railroads adopted a four-zone system to govern their operations and reduce the confusion resulting from some 100 conflicting locally established “sun times” observed in terminals across the countries.

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grlvL TIL about the South Korean arcade game Boong-Ga Boong-Ga. The object of the game is to score points by spanking or performing kancho, poke the anus, on a model of a human posterior embedded in the game's cabinet. A plastic finger is attached to the machine for players to perform the latter
jNJAn TIL that the Teddy Bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt when a political cartoon was released showing his refusal to kill a helpless bear deeming it "unsportsmanlike".
RRjj TIL “…Charlie Brown is not bald. Though Charlie Brown is drawn with only a small curl of hair at the front of his head, and a little in the back, Charles M. Schulz has explained that he saw Charlie Brown as having hair that was light and cut short, so that it could not be seen very easily.”
DQ5kv TIL there was a game show where the whole premise was to surprise couples/women in labor and have them answer questions for baby related prizes.
Brm7k TIL while shooting the pilot for The Office, Steve Carell did a little toast at lunch. He said, 'You know, guys, this is probably going to be the job that we're known for for the rest of our lives.' This was in 2004, The Office premiered on TV in 2005.