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Today I learned the confetti in Times Square is all thrown by hand

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9Y78p TIL that it is a different time in different parts of america so if you travel from new york to la you have to set ur clock ahead 3 hours
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9YGlr TIL that, as of 2010, Paul McCartney was making $400,000 to $600,000 a year from "Wonderful Christmastime"
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