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TIL There is a Large Spike in the Number of Traffic Accidents on Super Bowl Sunday

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neDW TIL that Congress has a lower approval rating than Hugo Chavez, the US going Communist, Paris Hilton, the BP Oil Spill, Banks, and Nixion During Watergate
mOry TIL 10 years ago iTunes launched on Windows, Steve Jobs was against this. However this launch paved the way for mass use of iPods > iPhones > iPads and mass migration to macs
EBRW TIL the “Share a Coke” campaign—where Coca-Cola replaced its name on bottles with people’s first names —increased Coca-Cola’s U.S. sales by more than 2 percent and, in doing so, helped reverse more than 10 years of decline in Coke consumption in the U.S.
wB7Y TIL The common phrase “You can run but you can’t hide” dates back to a taunt made by boxer Joe Louis during his fight against Billy Conn in 1941
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