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TIL 37 is the most common number people choose when asked to think of a random number between 1 and 100 (according to the Stanford / MIT Jargon file)

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OGar1 TIL of Doctor Yellow, the name for the two diagnostic bullet trains on Japan's Shinkansen. They test the tracks at 270 kph. Seeing one of these rare trains is considered a sign of good luck
GYWZN TIL ELO's first album "The Electric Light Orchestra" has a different name in the US. The american record company tried to call and confirm the name of the album. When they failed to reach anyone on the phone, they wrote down "No Answer", which someone misconstrued as the name of the album.
0wNgj TIL that in 1959 Colonel William Rankin became the only known person to survive a fall through a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud and suffered from frostbite, welts, bruises, and severe decompression as a result of the 40 minute fall.
gMWLW TIL that Breaking bad final episode titled "Felina", in addition to being anagram of "finale", also stands for Iron (Fe), Lithium (Li) and Natrium (Na) corresponding to blood, meth and tears
xVWag TIL Guy's Grocery Games is shot in a made for TV grocery story with 10 aisles stocked with 20,000 items including fresh meats, seafoods, produce and baked good which are donated to local food banks each week, nearly 30k lb per season.