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TIL that in 2004, Reason Magazine sent out 40,000 print magazines to their subscribers with each one of the covers displaying a satellite photo of the subscriber’s house. The feature article was about how databases can be utilized on a mass scale with automation.

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JY5Pm TIL n June 2006, at the request of PETA, Ocean Spray agreed to end its support for animal experiments. Previously, Ocean Spray was funding tests involving infecting mice with H. pylori, bacteria that cause stomach ulcers, and then feeding them cranberry juice to see if it had any positive effect.
rRw91 TIL that, when Michael Jackson died, the entire internet actually slowed down due to up to 20% more traffic than usual.
BrMAD TIL Kurt Cobain's famous line “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” is a reference to Neil Young's song ‘Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)’. In an interview, Young said: "When he died and left that note, it struck a deep chord inside of me. It fucked with me."
9YPQB TIL that the Netherlands is known today as a haven for pedestrians and cyclists, however, in the 1970s, a growing epidemic of traffic deaths led to a national movement called 'Stop the Child Murder.' The results transformed the public spaces and street into some of the safest in the world.
vPmaD TIL: One litre (liter) of bottled water contains, on average, 240,000 pieces of plastic