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TIL the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma are the oldest formations between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, at 1.4B years old

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9wLPp TIL that during the peak of their powers about 10% of the entire Japanese population were samurais. Due to their large numbers nearly all Japanese alive today are descended from samurai
d89rr TIL there was a “gay Hooters” restaurant in Dallas, Texas called Tallywackers that failed within a year of opening
P1K4e TIL that phantom vibration syndrome (PVS) refers to the false perception that one’s mobile phone or other technological device is vibrating when it is not.
x6p17 TIL that the 401(k) retirement plan was created as a tax shelter for rich executives. Before its introduction, companies would create deferred savings accounts for executives so to avoid paying taxes, but the government caught on and formalized the rules as the 401k.
5Ebp TIL The synthesizer that Ferris Bueller uses to simulate his realistic-sounding coughs is an E-MU Emulator II, which at the time went for around $8,000. That’s equivalent to over $17,000 in today’s dollars.