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TIL that The recent sales decline of Corona is due to decreased public activity in China, not due to sharing a name with covid19(coronavirus), and that this decline is experienced by many beer companies.

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vPVrB TIL the origin of the famous "Take my wife--please!" joke. Comedian Henny Youngman went with his wife to a radio show and asked a stagehand to "take my wife, please" (i.e. escort her to a seat). The stagehand thought it was a joke and laughed, so Henry made it part of his standup routine.
a8gDJ TIL that domestic cats kill 1.3 - 4.0 billion birds and 6.3 - 22.3 billion mammals annually in the United States.
Ypp7P TIL that cats can recognize their owners voices, just never evolved to care
nZnB TIL that three Klansmen, including an FBI informant, forced a black man to jump to his death from a bridge 150 feet into a river. An Alabama judge dropped the case because “Merely forcing a person to jump from a bridge does not naturally and probably lead to the death of such a person.”
WkgWo TIL: The Irishman who designed the White House (influenced by an Irish building) got a bonus of $500 and a DC city lot