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TIL that UPS, FedEx and other delivery companies receive about 7,000 parking tickets per day in NYC alone, contributing $102 million per year to the city’s budget

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neAVG TIL In search for a new mathematical model to replace the decimal system, Gottfried Wilhelm von Liebniz read a 3000 year old Chinese book “I Ching”. Fascinated by the simplicity of Yin and Yang, Liebniz used this philosophy to create the binary number system.
gr8PA TIL that there was a niche of traditional Japanese art that consisted of a series of paintings showing the decomposition of a human body — and it was made for contemplation
xwx7 TIL That on September 12, 2001 The Queen of England broke palace tradition to play the American national anthem for all stranded Americans in the U.K.
M4N8 TIL that pain serves an evolutionary purpose for higher organisms to “learn from their mistakes.” Insects may not feel the same pain as we do because of their short lifespans.
5VWrB TIL that Charlie Sheen hasn't been in a movie since 2017