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TIL human birth rates exhibit significant seasonality, with a large peak in spring and a similarly-sized trough in autumn/winter.

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R7pE7 TIL that after the Great Fire of Rome during the reign of Nero, Lyons sent Rome a large sum of money to help. A year later, Lyons itself suffered a great fire, and Nero send them the same amount of money.
Y4rx TIL that Scooby-Doo was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera’s plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning TV program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero-based programs of the mid-1960s.
Jm41 TIL that there’s a mountain in Australia called Mt. Disappointment. It was named such because the explorers who first reached its summit found the view to be sub par and wanted to reflect their feelings in the name they chose for the mountain.
x6oW0 TIL that in 1996 a 7-year-old Californian girl tried to fly an airplane across the US and crashed in a thunderstorm, killing her. This resulted in a law banning children from flying.
kJ8MB TIL Great Big Story is back in production after a two year hiatus. The company originally shut down to financial issues but now its back with more human interest stories!