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TIL the sale a small economy car is about ten times less profitable to an automaker than the sale of a large car.

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D1rRr TIL in 2017, Apple announced plans to demolish a historic Aboriginal art gallery to make way for one of their stores in Melbourne. After intense backlash from Australians, authorities rejected the plan.
oD9A TIL There is Spacecraft enroute to Jupiter named JUNO in mythology God Jupiter drew a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief but his wife the goddes Juno was able to peer through the clouds and see Jupiter’s true nature, Juno to reach Jupiter in July to give us best images of Jupiter yet
mxGoR TIL of the "Hedonic Treadmill" - the tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative life events
Jkg4 TIL In Japan 11/11 is celebrated as Pocky Day, a celebration of a popular candy
d8YZE TIL the best-selling edition of Playboy magazine was the November 1972, which sold over seven million copies, when one-quarter of all American college men were buying or subscribing to it every month. By 2014 circulation had declined to 320,000 per month and now it's published quarterly.