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TIL that news channels owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are required to do 'must-run' segments. Which is a centralized system of mandating news stories, reports or segments at all 193 (soon 233) stations that SBG owns

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vPVpD TIL it's possible to take a bus tour through the Nevada National Security Site, where 928 nuclear tests were conducted
mxgPE TIL in psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own than acquire that same object when they do not own it.
WaGd TIL Australia has 5 timezones. Unlike other timezones that are almost completely vertical, the country has a few split up into North and South. Only 2 of the timezones are affected by Daylight Savings.
jNLYN TIL an future earthquake in the Midwest can result in over $300 billion in damages and 86,000 casualties
VBpZ8 Today I learned that in the earliest version of the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill", Jill was a boy named Gill.