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YpaB TIL there is a movie theatre in London that has volunteer “ninjas” that will “hush” obnoxious movie-goers.
wLXx7 TIL that the U.S. lets 141 trillion calories of food go to waste each year
mxAbO TIL about a disabled British pensioner called Kempton Bunton who stole Goya's Portrait of The Duke of Wellington in 1961, who would return it on condition of a donation made to charity. His case went to trial where he was found not guilty of stealing the painting but guilty of stealing the frame.
R78vj TIL Coca-Cola was originally made when it’s creator, Civil War Colonel John Pemberton, was wounded and became addicted to morphine. Coca-Cola was the result of his search for a substitute.
rR1g0 TIL of 'Whiskey Plates'; in Minnesota those involved in certain DWI and DUI incidents obtain special registration plates that always begin with the letter 'W'.