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TIL A toilet was used as an aerial bomb during the Vietnam War

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xVEL0 TIL Knott's Berry Farm did a Cinco de Mayo promotion where guests would enter the park for only 5 cents. The park closed its gates at 10 a.m. after reaching capacity, turning away 4,000 people from the park, and getting so hectic that over 200 officers in riot gear were called in to restore order.
kJg4W TIL that after we spontaneously blink, our subjective perception of time often makes the following moment feel slightly longer than it actually is.
e0QDk TIL the smiley face logo was created in 1963 by Harvey Ball. He was paid $45 for 10 minutes of work. Ball didn't trademark the logo. Instead, French journalist Franklin Loufrani registered it as "Smiley" for licensing. Today that license generates hundreds of millions of dollars in annually.
PYGxJ TIL that Islam is younger than Christianity.
JYKKj TIL that “Genuine Leather” is like particle board, it might say “genuine wood” but it’s just a bunch of “genuine” bits glued and pressed together with no real quality or value.