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QJe99 TIL the longest prison sentence ever given in the U.S. was a sentence for 30,000 years!
xVwJk TIL Spencer’s owns Spirit Halloween. Half of Spencer’s yearly revenue comes from just two months of sales from Halloween costumes.
womo8 TIL in addition to being energy efficient, modern streetlights are frequently wirelessly connected, letting municipalities/utility companies know when their lightbulbs might need to get replaced.
VMJX8 TIL In 1950, almost no cases of near-sightedness were found among Eskimo children. But after the advent of compulsory education, eyesight got worse. In 1979, poor eye vision was relatively high among Greenland Eskimos at all ages
R7now TIL in 2015, Yamaha had its musical instrument designers and motorcycle designers switch jobs for an exhibition. The instrument designers designed a bicycle and a motorcycle, and the motorcycle designers designed a marimba and a drum set.