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TIL The Candy Companies lobbied to extend Daylight Savings Time to increase the time kids can trick or treat on Halloween

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JY9R4 TIL that men receive 63% longer jail sentences on average than women do and women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted for the same crime.
DQgoV TIL the 1978 Saturday Night Live song "King Tut" with Steve Martin was one of the most expensive sketches the show had attempted at the time. Producer Lorne Michaels put everything behind the production.
d8r17 TIL that the Yakuza is the second largest criminal organization in the world (by revenue), despite Japan being ranked 11th in worldwide population.
awrk9 TIL the word helicopter doesn't come from heli+copter but helico+pter from the Greek helico meaning spiral and pteron meaning wing
d8vyd TIL While Steven Tyler was judging American Idol, Aerosmith briefly considered Sammy Hagar for lead vocals and would have changed their name had the deal gone through.