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TIL that there are symbols beyond the percent sign %: permille sign ‰ and permyriad sign ‱

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ZdyB TIL: Many casinos are starting to introduce “skill-based” games because younger people are bored with the standard “luck-based” ones like slots and roulette. Gamblers will be able to bet and win money on things like free throw contests, “Cashteroids,” a modified version of Angry Birds, and more.
6ErM7 TIL that the animal in the logo of Mozilla Firefox is not a fox, but a red panda, also called firefox in chinese
VMNRk TIL there was a direct bus service from London to Calcutta (now Kolkata) until 1976. It stopped in multiple cities enroute for passengers to shop.
l56r TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later .
R0n9 TIL FDA rejected Aspartame [APM] (infamous sweetener in Diet Coke) several times for EXTREME health risks. The CEO of the company who owned patent on APM was made head of FDA by Reagan administration. APM was instantly approved for consumption. Today, APM is the largest artificial sweetener in USA.