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TIL of Domino's "Paving for Pizza" campaign which offers cities $5,000 grants to help them repair potholes. In exchange, cities are to fill potholes & stencil on a Domino’s logo. For example, Milford, DE got 40 "Domino's brand pothole fills"; Athens, GA got 150; Bartonville, TX got 8.

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6ELnm TIL that in areas with high Jewish populations, elevators are designed to stop at every floor on Saturdays. This is because the practice of Makeh B'patish, or "completion", is banned on the Sabbath, barring Jews from completing electrical circuits by using switches.
0yxL TIL that removing speed limits in outback Australia reduced accidents and fatalities
rNXRy TIL of "West Ridge", a merchant vessel carrying coal from the UK to India that went missing 141 years ago. The wreck was found when researchers were looking for MH370, to which researchers say it sunk because of an explosion.
yaKa TIL that dolphins know each other by name just like humans, except dolphin infants choose their own name while very young.
1aOGD TIL that while many producer have tags in their songs with says their name, Pharrell Williams' producer tag is the four beats that repeats in front of songs like Kelis' Milkshake and Snoopdogg's Drop it Like it's Hot