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TIL The average child in the US watches over 40,000 TV commercials a year

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RM1Q TIL that ‘Arthur’ is the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind 'The Simpsons’
b97ap TIL that a thriving industry exists in China solely for the purpose of 'dispelling mistresses'. Wives, for a price, enlist undercover agents to destroy relationships their husbands have embarked on with other women.
7VwP TIL that Hugh Thomson, the man who during the Vietnam War had landed a helicopter in the line of fire to confront and stop American troops who had by that point killed close to 500 unarmed civilians in the My Lai Massacre, was labeled a traitor by Congress and ordered not to speak about the event.
D7Kp TIL that in 2006, all outdoor advertisements were banned in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Within a year, 15000 billboards were taken down in South America’s largest city.
v1pV4 TIL, the first animated motion picture film was the ‘Humorous Phases of Funny Faces’ (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton. He was the OG of the chalkboard animation that we love to watch today.