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TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”

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YrpB TIL In 1980, China’s economy was smaller than Pakistan’s. After growing by more than 10% annually over the past 30 years, China’s economy is expected to surpass the U.S. by 2028
d5bE TIL on Black Friday 2013, Cards Against Humanity had an “Anti-Sale” with increased prices, and still had a sales spike and maintained its best-selling status on Amazon.
m1Gyp TIL John Madden is the only NFL broadcaster to call games for all four US major networks
rNyko TIL that Jay Penske, son of the founder of Penske Corporation, owns the media company that owns Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Robb Report, IndieWire, TVLine, and the Golden Globes.
Q9ok TIL: In the wild, parrots can ‘name’ their children using specific patterns of sound.