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TIL that in the Detroit area, sliding glass doors are sometimes known as “doorwalls”.

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m1l4o TIL the Disney/Pixar film Cars have been accused of plagiarizing the plot of Doc Hollywood which stars Michael J. Fox as a hotshot young doctor who eventually acquires an appreciation for small town values and falls in love with a local law student as result of being sentenced to work at the town.
a8V4y TIL that the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, and was actually based on a similar Boy Scout movement that had began in England just a couple of years prior.
BXJx TIL that L. Ron Hubbard was relieved of command of his U.S. Navy ship for accidentally attacking Mexico. His ship later burst into flames and sank.
gXG4 TIL Iran once administered random alcohol tests to drivers during a one month period. Despite a ban on alcoholic beverages, they found 26% of the drivers to be drunk.
OoBre TIL that Martin Luther King Jr went to prison 29 times, including once for speeding