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TIL Japan has had heated roads for 56 years which use shosetsu (snow melting) pipe system using the heat energy of groundwater to melt snow on roads

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bnL0 TIL: The big bang theory was first proposed by a catholic priest.
ppNZ TIL on the 25th anniversary episode of Sesame Street in 1994, Joe Pesci appeared as the character “Ronald Grump”, who wanted to demolish Sesame Street to build “The Grump Tower”.
E1mJX TIL Toilets (toilets being flushed) almost never were seen in American cinema in the 1960s. In his "Psycho" Alfred Hitchcock masterfully used a scene of a toilet being flushed, which had an additional shocking effect on the viewers of that day.
p698 TIL California’s economy is the size of the bottom 24 states combined. It would rank 8th in the world if it were it’s own country - ahead of Italy, Russia, India, and 186 others.
OGaae TIL that the adoption of perfumed hair oil (macassar oil) by men in the 19th century led to lace doilies (antimacassars) being placed on couches and chairs to try and protect them.