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TIL that male chicks are ground up alive on their first day of birth in the egg industry

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ANxK7 TIL the shortest-lived "empire" in history was a restoration of the Qing Dynasty of China lasting for 11 days in July 1917. Monarchists seized Beijing and reinstated Emperor Puyi, deposed five years prior and now eleven years old, on July 1 and were pushed back out by Republican forces on July 12.
GQa1 TIL a recent survey revealed that 65% of Americans say that getting rid of their boss would make them happier than a salary increase.
AD54B TIL that being grumpy and bad-tempered leads to more money, let’s you live a longer life and makes a better marriage
e08Gg TIL: Mormons teach the Book of Mormon was created after this rock, which was dug up in a well, when dropped into a top hat would magically display the text of the Book of Mormon on its edge.
8aJ0K TIL in 1964 on Long Island, N.Y., 7-Eleven became the first chain to offer fresh coffee in to-go cups. The company expanded to-go coffee to nationwide. By the end of the decade, coffee lids began to come into their own too. In 1967, Philadelphian Alan Frank filed a patent for a tearable coffee lid.