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TIL Classical music is effective at dispersing loitering teens from retail and transportation hubs

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16p0D TIL "Bookazines", usually presented as single-topic, in-depth magazines often marketed to consumers as collectors’ items, saw newsstand revenues grow by millions in 2020. Examples are issues on BTS from Time and a Life special on the Beatles
KQd9 TIL the original opening line to the carol “Deck the Halls” was “Oh! How soft my fair one’s bosom, fa la la la la la la la la!”
4Xoea TIL that before toilet paper was widely available, it was common to use pages from the Sears catalog.
graKL TIL that 19 species of fern were named after Lady Gaga because they bear a distinct DNA sequence spelling GAGA and for "her [Lady Gaga's] fervent defense of equality and individual expression"
PYG8G TIL As of 2016, only fourteen people had survived a rabies infection after showing symptoms.