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TIL in the 1920 (USA) census, 99% of all men with the first name of Booker were Black

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XQJD TIL of Mike Powell’s 1991 world record long jump that still stands today. He broke the previous record that was held for 23 years by 2 inches, leaving his feet and landing a total 29 feet 4 and a quarter inches (8.9m) later.
9mB7 TIL In English, zero quantities are plural by default. Therefore you shall write “0 results found”, “I have found no results”
1D78 TIL the inventor of leaded gasoline also invented Freon. Thomas Midgley, Jr. possessed “an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny.” and “had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth’s history.”
0wW6N TIL that the title of Pantera's 1992 album "Vulgar Display of Power" was inspired by a line in "The Exorcist". When Father Karras asks Regan why she can't make the straps restraining her disappear if she's supposedly the devil, she replies, "That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras."
9YYXB Short answer: Sadly, yes