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TIL Goldfish have higher attention spans than internet users

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4XEx6 TIL In 1947, after the price of a chocolate bar increased from 5 cents to 8 cents, 200 kids marched and protested on the capitol building in British Columbia, shutting down the government for a day. It is known as " The Candy Bar Strike"
0lDL TIL 12 years old, Johnny Cash saw his own brother mortally wounded by a mill saw. He died a week later.
0d06R TIL that a British-born man from San Francisco named Joshua Norton declared himself "Emperor of the United States" in 1859.
mmvR TIL that in August 2001 actor James Woods reported to authorities 4 suspicious males on his flight. Those males were the 911 hijackers on a dry run.
6EvvZ TIL Sacha Baron Cohen Sent Cut ‘Who Is America?’ Interview to FBI Over Fears of Las Vegas Pedophile Ring (FBI decided not to pursue it)