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TIL the last time Mtv's schedule was only music videos with no other programming was the weeks after 9/11/2001 when they played a tight playlist of light and mournful songs.

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kogm TIL that 53% of infants born in America are on food stamps
Oa5Y TIL that, in traditional Canadian fashion, Canadian lawyers refer to their clients as “my friend” instead of “my client” while in court.
4k69b TIL that the NFL has already paid out more than a billion dollars to players affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with 99% of deceased NFL players testing positive for the neurodegenerative disease.
bkbp TIL A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.
kJxO4 TIL that king Charles III is allowed to travel without a passport and drive without a license as the reigning monarch of 14 countries.