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TIL most consumers give up finding new music when they reach 30

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d88kr TIL: According to the book “What If”- after humans are extinct, the last remaining man-made light source would be Cherenkov radiation, which would glow an eerie blue for centuries.
QJdLM TIL one of the causes of American War of Independence was the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited non-Native settlement west of the Appalachians
jxYR TIL the top 10 female billionares all inherited their money through marriage or family relation
5V5wD TIL In 1990 Saudi Arabia expelled around 1 million Yemeni workers as the Yemen Govt. supported Saddam Hussain in the Iraqi war against Kuwait, an ally of Saudi Arabia. This resulted Yemen to lose out $3 billion in yearly remittances that these 'foreign' workers normally transferred to their homeland
PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.