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TIL the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" has over 13,000 episodes and began airing 1973.

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YpW7P TIL the rap group Run the Jewels released a remix of their 2nd album entitled "Meow the Jewels" which was essentially Run the Jewels 2 but with all the instruments replaced by cat sounds
E1N4x TIL an aerodynamic wind tunnel was installed at the base of the Eiffel tower in 1909. The tunnel was used to carryout out thousands of tests, including those on Wright Brothers airplanes and Porsche automobiles. The tower had a laboratory used by scientists to study meteorology, physiology.
WG04 TIL - Ginger Baker, Drummer of 60s band Cream, does not receive royalties, despite creating the band and contributing to many of their songs.
j6rMa TIL in 1847, a doctor performed an amputation so quickly that he amputated his assistant’s fingers as well as slashing the coat of a spectator. The patient and assistant died of gangrene, and the spectator died of shock, resulting in the only known surgical procedure with a 300% mortality rate
47e5 TIL that coprolalia – the involuntary uttering of obscene words in inappropriate situations sometimes found in people with Tourette’s – has been observed in some deaf people, who involuntarily swear in sign language.