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TIL Pound town is a town in Wisconsin
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TIL that South Korea plans to give robots their own city and theme park
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TIL that ingredients in the average bottle of prestige perfume cost about $1.20 to $1.50. The actual liquid in a typical bottle of $150 perfume is less than 1% of the retail cost. The bottle, box and and display carton typically cost four to six times times more than the fragrance itself
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TIL about the American civil religion- a sociological theory that a quasi-religious faith exists within the U.S, with sacred symbols drawn from national history. Examples of this include the veneration of Washington and Lincoln, war martyrs, and the belief of America being a beacon of righteousness.
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TIL Weird Al Yankovic said he knew he’d made it as a famous musician when he went to a party, saw Paul McCartney and before he could introduce himself to the former Beatle, McCartney recognized him and said, “Hey! It’s Weird Al!”
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TIL a common information misdirection tactic of the CCCP was to bring up individual racial prejudices in the US whenever they were criticized for their human rights violations on a national scale