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TIL in Quebec after banning ads for toys and fast food targeted at children under 13, the result was lower childhood obesity rates.

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QJRE6 TIL The tiny vestigial pocket in blue jeans dates back to 1890. It was originally included as a means for carrying a pocket watch.
aNab TIL the last year the United States went without any deaths in a school shooting was 1981
wLaLM TIL of Rhoda Abbott, the only woman to survive the foundering of the Titanic. A 39 yr-old divorcee traveling 3rd class with her teenage sons, she was able to climb aboard the swamped lifeboat Collapsible A as Titanic plunged. Her sons were lost.
yAr8 TIL that Kurt Russell not only starred in but actually directed Tombstone. “I’ll do it, but I don’t want to put my name on it.“
oRRVK TIL that a Canadian politician got expelled from her party for stomping and performing voodoo on a Bush doll in a "22 Minutes" segment.