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TIL The Fairness Doctrine, a law until 1987, stated that broadcasters must give multiple perspectives to important issues. Since 1987, figures of all political persuasions - Limbaugh, Maddow, O'Reilly, Olberman - have risen in popularity.

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kdr4 TIL motorcycle helmets were invented by the neurosurgeon who attended to Lawrence of Arabia after his fatal motorcycle crash.
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GYEXG TIL Congress has met outside Washington DC twice since 1800: July 16, 1987, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of ratification of the Constitution, & at Federal Hall in New York on September 11, 2002, to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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7rGBZ TIL when Jackie Chan was working as a nightclub bouncer, he spent two days after a fight trying to push his bone back into his fist. He later found that it wasn’t his bone, it was in fact the other guy’s tooth.