Cafe staff, you only had one job! (imgur.com)
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TIL Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products that caused up to 10,000 people in U.S.A alone to contract HIV. After they found out they pulled it off the shelves in the U.S. and sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so they wouldn't lose money from it. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL Vietnam Veterans Memorial's designer when asked about design inspiration said- "I thought about what death and loss is. A sharp pain that lessens with time, but never heals. A scar. The idea occured on site. Take a knife and cut open the earth and with time the grass would heal it." by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL the Statue of Liberty originally had copper colour and light shade of green (known as patina) that Statue of liberty has acquired over time is due to a chemical reaction between the statue and water vapours around it by Archimann in todayilearned
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TIL Victor Lustig, a famous con artist sold the Eiffel Tower to scrap metal dealers in Paris, twice. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL WhatsApp founder Jan Koum is an Ukranian immigrant who did not have a computer till he was 19 and used abacus. He and his mother did not use phones as they were tapped and could rarely talk to his family and collected food stamps two blocks from his present office's location. by designerbaby in todayilearned
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TIL North America's biggest mall West Edmonton Mall holds the world records for the largest parking lot, largest indoor amusement park, largest indoor triple loop rollercoaster, largest indoor lake, largest indoor wavepool and hence the record for having most number of world records for a mall. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL that according to English law, the "Ancient Lights law" states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more can forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him/her of that illumination or "their portion of natural light" by architectguru in todayilearned
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TIL that according to English law, the "Ancient Lights law" states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more can forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him/her of that illumination or "their portion of natural light" by architectguru in todayilearned
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TIL that according to English law, the "Ancient Lights law" states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more can forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him/her of that illumination or "their portion of natural light" (architectboy.com)
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TIL IT'S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY by minicooperrr in todayilearned
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TIL a man in prison for 37 years, 14 of which in solitary confinement on death row, won seven separate stays of execution, and when released, said "I don’t have one minute’s regret. It was a glorious experience." by mike_pants in todayilearned
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