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TIL that The Shawshank Redemption initially bombed at the box office.

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mn5v TIL: There are cycles of violence within the United States every 50 years (give or take 5), we’re due for one in the next 6 years
8w1V TIL every Singaporean-registered vehicle leaving Singapore must have at least a three-quarter-full gas tank to discourage Singaporeans from going over to Malaysia simply to buy cheaper gas.
wLpG1 TIL a party game popular from Medieval to Victorian times was "Hot Cockles", where you would bury your face in a friend's lap and guess who spanked you.
EPpx TIL that in 1977 a group of scientist discovered that any radioactive particle does not decay when being observed. This is called Quantum Zeno Effect.
GW7 TIL America’s first Muslim congressman was sworn in using Thomas Jefferson’s Koran