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TIL that Thanksgiving is the most popular single day for Chinese immigrants in NYC to get married, as it is generally the only day on which entire families will not be at work. Restaurants have to be booked a year in advance, with as many as 10 receptions hosted in a single day.

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Kxj9 TIL the 1977 New York City blackout resulted in numerous looters stealing DJ equipment from electronics stores, resulting in the hip hop genre, barely known outside the Bronx at the time, which grew at an astounding rate from 1977 onward.
Ypaex TIL that the vending machine was invented in the 1st century. In exchange of a coin it dispensed holy water
m1k0y TIL there have been multiple "AI winters" which are periods of reduced funding and interest in the field following a period of hype in overstated AI capabilities.
PyDw TIL Tony the Tiger once asked furries to stop sending him anthropomorphic porn via twitter
NP9b TIL that some cattle ranchers in South Dakota lost between 20 and 50 percent of their livestock in winter storm Atlas, and may not be eligible for insurance due to the expiration of the Farm Bill and federal government shutdown.