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TIL that the pacemaker, fridges, WiFi and Google Maps are all Australian inventions.

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WmrN Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat – they were fed to the lions.
XEYRQ TIL that for 8 years the CIA ran Operation Midnight Climax, brothels in NYC and San Fran where they secretly administered drugs to johns to study the effects.
V8ZB TIL that the new South Park game was originally named “The Butthole of Time”. Due to retailers refusing to put the word “Butthole” on their shelves, Matt and Trey had to change the name. Their answer? “The Fractured But Whole”.
ZbNp TIL that “Pawn Stars” star Rick Harrison dropped out of school in ninth grade to pursue a business selling fake Gucci bags. He made $2,000 a week.
a8D0A TIL more than 1 in 10 Americans have no close friends. The share of Americans who have zero close friends has been steadily rising. From 3% of the population in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen - from 33% to 13%.