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TIL Friday the 13th occurs at least once a year every year, but can occur up to three times in the same year

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x6lbD TIL that in 1979, a charity special episode of the academic student quiz show "It's Academic" was held between a team of three Democratic U.S. Senators, three Republican U.S. Senators, and three members of the press. The special was handily won by the press team.
W74P9 TIL that only 48.5% of adults reported reading at least one book in the past year, down from 52.7% five years earlier and 54.6% ten years prior.
vP0ZK TIL that Georg Elser tried to stop Hitler five years before Stauffenberg
vvvD TIL When an airplane is at a precise angle between the sun and a bank of clouds, a circular rainbow known as a “Pilot’s Halo” forms around its shadow on the cloud bank.
PYNXG TIL Apple's first CEO was named Michael Scott