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TIL that the invention of the modern TV remote control stemmed from a dislike of commercials.

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0d8MA TIL In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to pass the Slavery Abolition Act. The British government borrowed £20 million to compensate slave owners, but nothing was paid to the enslaved people themselves. The loan was one of the largest in history and wasn't paid off until 2015.
W5aN [TIL] that after Chris Hadfield’s cover of “Space Oddity” from the ISS was removed from Youtube, David Bowie signed the rights to the song over to him so the video would stay up.
gMxdA TIL about MUPHREY'S law which states that any time you make a written response alluding to someone else's bad grammar/spelling, your post will also have mistakes
a8V0b TIL Italian Flagship Re d'Italia was built in NYC in the middle of the American Civil War
LnL9 TIL that David (of the Bible’s David & Goliath) declared that he loved his friend, Jonathan, “more than any woman”. But many Christians refuse to accept any possibility that it could’ve been a gay relationship.