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TIL Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment owns Redbox.

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kJjjd TIL that Rollerskate Skinny (Irish shoegaze band) and Rollerskate Skinny (song by Old 97's) got their names from Holden Caulfield's description of "Phoebe" from The Catcher in the Rye
vbPD TIL Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging “smokers’ cough” in 1943. They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris.
BrPPk TIL that in 1994, students in Kaktovik, Alaska created a new system of numerals to reflect the way counting is done in their language: in base 20. The system is relatively easy to learn and even makes basic math easier. It has since been widely adopted in Inupiaq communities.
7rmZb TIL: Muscles can only pull and cannot push.
R7pl1 TIL that beavers build dams because they hate the sound of running water. A researcher set up speakers that played the audio of running water in multiple beaver populated areas, and the next morning found them to be covered in layers of sticks and mud.