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TIL Japan has a conviction rate of more than 99%

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WkOJL TIL in 2002, Tropicana aired a half-hour orange juice infomercial called "Breakfast Americana" on Lifetime, A&E, TLC and Discovery Channel. When it also aired on local CBS affiliates, some major markets drew higher ratings than NBA basketball and 'Everybody Loves Raymond'.
D1vbD TIL helmets weren't required in the NHL until 1979.
gJm7 TIL that Michael Phelps holds the world record for the longest televised golf putt.
QJdLM TIL one of the causes of American War of Independence was the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited non-Native settlement west of the Appalachians
Xy4Q TIL that in 2013, scientists were able to plant and grow an extinct tree from 2000 year old seeds