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Today I learned there is an ethnic group in Myanmar known as the "Karen People".

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oBDA TIL The cost of a 30-second Super Bowl commercial increased from $37,500 in 1967 to $900,000 in 1994. That was an increase of 2,300 percent. The cost for an ad in 2009 was $3 million, which represents an increase of 233 percent since 1994.
QRX9 TIL that in 1896, a serial killer due to be executed was subpoenaed to give evidence in another trial, but it was decided that her testimony would be inadmissible, as she was considered legally dead upon receiving her sentence.
PY5Bn TIL that when King William IV of the United Kingdom was still a prince, he lived in New York during the American War of Independence. He used to walk around the city unescorted and only started using guards after the British learned about a plot by George Washington to kidnap him.
OmL4 TIL that “In God We Trust” was placed on all U.S. bills during the Cold War as a way to express the United States’ anti-communist beliefs
AN5QB Today I learned the first internet router called IMP 1 was the size of a phonebooth.