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TIL The FCC does not monitor for excessively loud commercials, but relies solely on consumer complaints.

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E1pxp TIL when in 2013 5-year-old Alanah Poullard asked the US President for an excuse note during a Wounded Warriors and families tour of the White House on a school day, the President ended up writing that excuse note.
GA7x7 TIL about an obscure Egyptian god named Medjed. The only god depicted as forward facing and having 2 eyes. He also bizarrely gained popularity on the Japanese internet shortly after his discovery.
GYYEJ In Iceland, a question of ice and fire
gMPJ8 TIL about the Moro people in the Philippines. These people have been at war for their independence for over four centuries, fighting the Spanish, the Americans, the Japanese and the current Philippines government.
J0rv TIL there is a breed of pig in Hungary that is fleecy like a sheep, with reddish meat like a cow, created by breeding together a wild boar and a pig bred especially for lard. It is also, apparently, delicious.