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TIL of “rural purge”, a mass cancellation of rural tv shows in the 70s to please the growing urban and suburban market

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Y7Xpr TIL of Amedeo Giannini, who made bank of America successful by making it accessibile to hard working low income class
m14WP TIL "RentAHitman" has an average of 15-20 requests of genuine attempted murder every month for the past 14+ years.
Rvy4 TIL a study was done for which over 200 cigarette smokers were observed for a year as they attempted to kick the habit. 62% relapsed within the first two weeks, and 95% of those who smoked even just one cigarette after trying to quit resumed their previous pattern of smoking.
QNnpa TIL that the current year in Ethiopia is 2017. The Ethiopian year starts on 11th of September or on the 12th September in a Gregorian leap year. It is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian year owing to alternate calculations in determining the date of the annunciation of the birth of Jesus.
VPYp TIL Germans are forced to retire at a specific age