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TIL The Library of Congress is archiving every public tweet ever posted

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wLQxo TIL the average person eats more than 7,000 calories on Christmas Day, according to a study done by Associated British Foods
6EvWQ TIL in an interview on the set of Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis predicts that in 5 years some kids would make a movie filmed exclusively on camcorders with poor lighting and a micro budget that would be a huge hit. 5 years after Pulp Fiction came out The Blair Witch Project was released.
455 TIL the Disney park “EPCOT” was originally supposed to be a Utopian society that could hold 20,000 people.
yVJ0w TIL: Wife selling was a practice in England for almost 2 centuries with last incident being in 1913 where one was sold to a coworker for £1. It ended unhappy marriages as divorces were expensive. Eventually there were public auctions that the wife had to agree to. You can even buy back your wife.
xBGk TIL You can buy a completely renovated and converted Boeing 727 jet that accommodates 23 people for less than the cost of a Ferrari