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YpAY7 TIL of Frederick McKinley Jones - an orphaned black American who, in the 1930s when racial segregation was the norm, invented the first successful automatic refrigeration system for trucks. This lead to the development of supermarkets and better combat-zone medical supply.
698XY TIL there's a man-made borehole that drains 100 million gallons of polluted coal mine runoff every day into the Lackawanna River and Chesapeake Bay.
m1Owy TIL that according to studies, candy eaters weigh less than those who say no to sweet treats.
78eVb TIL that a Dutch woman was denied Swiss naturalization despite having lived there for 39 years, because her 'neighbours' deemed her too annoying and not integrated into Swiss society since she often critized Swiss tradition of hanging large bells on cows' necks
dpnr TIL that to spite their rival club, Liverpool, UK football team Everton opened a store in the Liverpool One shopping complex called “Everton Two”. Making the full address of the store, “Everton Two, Liverpool One”.