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TIL a week before the release of Eminem's album The Eminem Show (2002), it was the 2nd-most played CD on computers, the highest ranking ever for an unreleased title.

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10Kr TIL US mothers in the year 2000 put in 30% more hours into childcare than in 1965, even though families today are far smaller, far more moms work, and far more dads help out with childcare. In total about 6x more time and effort is put into the average modern child than one in 1965.
KOGEQ TIL that the sculptor of Mount Rushmore intended to include, near the presidents, a written history of the United States. Called "The Entablature", it was to have shown contributions by Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln to the first 150 years of American History.
NXkbE TIL in Dante's divine comedy there's a special place reserved for people who stayed neutral, didn't commit to either good or evil and simply lived their obscure lives, avoiding to pick a side on moral issues. They get punished but not in hell, as even the demons want nothing to do with them
xVR6o TIL An English manager has never won the Premier League. Since the Premier League started in 1992 11 managers have won but none of them have been English
wLjo1 TIL The Dow Chemical Company started in the bromine industry, selling at 36 cents per pound vs the German Bromkonvention's 49 cents per pound. In response, Bromkonvention flooded the US market with Bromine at 15 cents per pound, all of which Dow purchased and then sold at 27 cents back in Europe.