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TIL 4% of lost remote controls will be in the fridge or freezer.

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N7veM TIL Singapore pretty much locked away a man for 32 years, from 1966 to 1998, for "conducting communist activities". This included a 9-year stint on a resort island where he lived in a guardhouse.
KORLR TIL that after the opening of old Parliament House, over 9 500 pies were buried in a hole behind it when the crowds were smaller than expected (Australia)
47MJ TIL That if the United States makes it past June 2019 without a recession this would be the longest time in American history
kJ74e TIL that The Royal Game of Ur is one of the oldest board games in the world. The oldest found is of Ancient Sumerian origin from the 3rd millenium BC. The exact rules are lost, but have been reconstructed by Dr. Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum.
pY01e TIL: In March 2000, MicroStrategy announced that it had significantly overstated its revenue, causing a 62% stock drop in one day, in what is regarded as the bursting of the dot-com bubble