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TIL: Hummer sales fell 95% between 2006 and 2010.

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xVpZk TIL Greenland has four distinct Time Zones that cross its boundaries but the country is broken up into UTC0, UTC-1, UTC-3 and UTC-4. UTC-2 is only used during daylight savings. UTC0 is outside the country but the weather station Danmarkshavn, is set to European time for ease of reporting.
7B9b TIL that 170 people were able to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar accurate to .1% when their answers were averaged. Out of 4520 beans, the average guess was 4524. The phenomena is known as wisdom of the crowd.
XgEE TIL that Comcast has the lowest customer satisfaction level of any company OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY in the United States. Including the IRS. Also, Cable is the only industry to “fail”, with a score below 60.
VG8G TIL that due to a long controversy beginning around 2005, the Church of Scientology has been banned from editing any Wikipedia article relating to the group.
BgZEd TIL of Maple Syrup Urine Disease; a disorder inherited via genetic mutations causing an infant's urine to smell sweet, like maple syrup.