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TIL John Williams did the music for Home Alone

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p8wpZ TIL "breaker boys" between age 8-12 were employed to work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week to separate impurities from coal. Despite public disapproval, the practice of employing children in this line of work lasted for decades, only finally ending in the US in the 1920s.
bnW4 TIL speeding is attributable to about 3% of accidents. Less than falling asleep at the wheel.
OoK4e TIL That All characters on The Simpson's are based on, and named after its creator Matt Groening's family.
kMbg TIL in Southwest’s 50-year history, the only person ever killed in an aircraft accident was a person riding inside a car when an airplane overran the runway.
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