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TIL Broccoli only became available in grocery stores in the UK and Ireland in the late 1970s

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ngOP TIL that in 1969 Mick Jagger wrote to artist M.C. Escher asking him to provide an image for a Rolling Stones album cover. Escher turned him down. He’d never heard of the Stones. He’d never heard of Jagger and he objected to Jagger addressing him by his first name.
NeYM TIL that the first lives of geishas were lived by men and after 100 years, women started entering the trade, but with such elegance, charm and mystery they soon took over the profession
O0MR TIL The textbook industry is considered a “broken market” by economists and it has little internal competition
kJgb4 TIL that according to a 2009 Debenhams' survey, straight men only buy their own underwear between ages 19-23 when they're most likely to be single and actively dating, otherwise their mom or their wife/partner buys it for them.
Qj6e TIL that gambling is an effective treatment for cocaine addiction and has a higher success rate than 28-day-rehab clinics an 12-step meetings.