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TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode.

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6EE57 TIL that in many countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region of France, and is produced under the rules of the appellation.
YOjW TIL there was a woman in 1972 who possessed a visual acuity 20 times better than average. She could identify people at a distance of more than a mile (1.6 km).
GANjJ TIL that before the 13th amendment banned slavery, an earlier 13th amendment passed congress and was signed by Buchanan saying the government could not interfere with a state's right to have slavery. The Civil War breaking out saved it from going to the people to be ratified.
epm6g TIL that 38% of the world's cocoa beans to make chocolate is produced in one country - Côte d'Ivoire. Cocoa accounts for 40% of this African nation's income from exports
nMJG TIL “American” is an ethnicity, and according to the 2000 US Census, an increasing number of people are identifying with it.