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TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priest

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M7wy0 TIL that in 19th-century Britain, many workers relied on the services of “knocker-uppers”—people whose job was to tap on clients’ windows (or use long sticks and even pebbles) to wake them up for work.
d8yg7 TIL : The first African American to win a Nascar sponsored event Wendell Scott got his win removed in 1963 because race organizers weren’t sure how to deal with the customary kiss given by a white beauty queen to the victor in the winner’s circle. 47 years(20 after his death) he recieved his trophy
jgpQ TIL that reindeer are unable to walk and pee at the same time, so they have to take a bathroom break roughly every 6 miles. The distance between stops is so regular that in Finnish, this distance is known as “poronkusema” or “reindeer’s piss” and was a description of distances in the countryside.
YgBP TIL Vin Diesel has played Dungeons and Dragons for 20+ years and had a fake tattoo of his characters name during the filming of xXx
JgDV TIL Sedona, Arizona has the world’s only McDonald’s with teal arches because the traditional “golden arches” clashed with the surrounding rocks.