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TIL in 2015 30-70% of all internet traffic in India was estimated to be pornography, despite it being ostensibly illegal

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6E7V8 TIL that Andrew Carnegie, starting in the late 1800s, funded the construction of almost 1700 public libraries across the country, and over 800 abroad, for any town that would agree to set aside the land, and 10% of the construction cost annually to maintain it.
R75a4 TIL Only Humans have the little flap in the back of your throat called a Uvula, meaning "little grape" in latin
wELo TIL that a Clockwork Orange was inspired after Anthony Burgess’s wife Lynne was robbed, assaulted and violated by deserters from the U.S. Army in London during the blackout. He was denied leave to see her and she miscarried shortly after.
jNmga TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had an accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued himself, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS, THEN later won his appeal in US Tax Court
pMmG TIL that in 2010 US crime rates were at their lowest in the past 40 years