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TIL the median age of people who watch cable news is more than 60 years old.

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xV8R7 TIL The sponsor, ad agency, producers and most of the people involved in the production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" thought it was doomed to fail. When it aired on December 9, 1965, half of American TV viewers tuned in.
epAGb TIL that in the city of Cincinnati, Appalachians are a protected class.
VMPM8 TIL that the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates based all of his theories on superficial observations like texture, colors, and symptoms. Human dissection was considered taboo in Ancient Greece until Alexandrian physicians began dissecting cadavers in the third century B.C.
9YWa6 TIL that if you're an American needing to find an embassy in Austria, you can go to any McDonald's in the country and they will provide you a phone number and even a phone if you need it in order to contact the embassy.
d80DB TIL The world's largest concentration of nukes is housed 20 miles NW of Seattle, and it's defended by trained dolphins.