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TIL 87% of Teenagers in the USA own iPhones

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8anXG TIL: a “fair” coin toss doesn’t truly have a 50/50 chance of landing on either side, but rather a 51% chance of showing the side originally facing up, according to a 2004 Stanford study on angular dynamics
6Eljw TIL in several countries around the world, it is common practice to rent professional mourners when a prominent person dies. These hired mourners are also known as mutes or moirologists.
Rnl9 TIL Zach Galifianakis pays for an elderly friend’s rent and bills as well as takes her to movie premieres
P1meV TIL When the Addams Family were introduced in 1938 as a single panel comic strip, they had no names. It wouldn’t be until nearly 30 years later that they received names, for the 1964 TV show. Even their last name wasn’t their’s at first. It was just the creator’s, Charles Addams.
LQg7Z TIL Hall of famer Red Kelly won 2 out of his 8 Stanley Cups while also serving as a Member of Parliament in Canada.