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TIL Elevator ‘close door’ buttons in the U.S. were made to be unresponsive or have a delayed response because of a section in the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) that mandates the doors stay open a min. of 3 seconds to allow those with disabilities to enter/exit

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EgVQW TIL that the every Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux indian receives a payout of around $1 million per year from casino profits.
9YBjB TIL that in 1890, an 8-year-old boy named Henry James Bristow saved his 3-year-old sister's life by tearing off her clothing when she caught on fire. She had knocked over a paraffin lamp on the mantlepiece. Henry was severely burnt in the process and later died of his injuries.
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