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TIL until last year (2021), gas pumps in Hawaii were not allowed to have a hands free mode.

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4X57w TIL East Germany produced almost unbreakable "superfest" drinking glasses in order to not waste resources. After reunification production was shut down as no manufacturer had any interest in the technology, or in a product which would “slow down” sales
evjg TIL That Ferrero, the company that makes Ferrero Rochers also makes Kinder, Tic-Tacs, and Nutella. Also, Nutella alone uses a quarter of the worlds annual hazelnut supply.
kOlkB TIL the Nintendo 64 is named "64" because of it`s processor architecture, this being of 64 bits
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JYPnQ TIL about 'The never-ending lightning storm' in Venezuela. A lightning storm strikes most nights for eight months of every year, and has been flashing for thousands of years. Scientists still don't know why.