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TIL while in 1930 over 65% of Americans went to the cinema weekly, since about 1964 that number has been steadily below 10%.

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J1aoV TIL about Charles Mayers a seaman who survived the Halifax explosion. The explosion hurled him several hundred metres in the air and he landed naked on a hill a mile away.
9wDEG TIL Gabe Newell said he knew "a sea change" was coming for PC gaming distribution, in 1995, when Doom (and id Software's 12 people) was estimated to be installed on more computers than Windows 95 (and its 500-person sales teams). By 2011 Steam had between 50-70% of the market for downloaded PC games
Aown TIL “Point blank” does not mean “at close range” but “close enough to disregard veering of projectile due to gravity”
8aQYG TIL in Guatemala an estimated 40-60% of the population still speaks a Mayan language
8aRaK TIL that Star Wars was one of the first films selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in 1989, but it has yet to receive an archival print of the original film. George Lucas tried to submit a "Special Edition" print in 1997, but it was rejected due to its alterations of the 1977 print.