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TIL that between 2006 and 2016, The Killers released a charity Christmas single every year, with one hundred percent of the proceeds going towards (Product) Red, supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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Y7JPZ TIL: In 1956, France banned the serving of alcohol to children under the age of 14 in the school canteens. Prior to that, school children had the right to drink half a litre of wine, cider or beer with their meals. In 1981 France implemented a total alcohol ban in the country’s schools.
xrPo TIL that Raging Bull was shot in black and white for no artistic purpose; it was just because lighting equipment for shooting in color would be too expensive.
x8YD TIL that all domestic hamsters are descendants of a single brother-sister pair that was bred in 1930.
Br0Qb TIL, even viruses can catch viruses. (talk about a divided kingdom!!)
XEj7j TIL a 2015 survey showed that STEM workers are more likely to have autistic traits than non-STEM ones - the average STEM worker had an autism spectrum quotient of 21.9, while the rest had 18.9.