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TIL that a Nielsens study found that the average hour of television in 2014 had close to 15 minutes and 30 seconds of commercials

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W766d TIL with the names on the Stanley Cup being engraved by hand, there are roughly 16 spelling mistakes on it. While some of the misspellings have been corrected, others remain.
Ypk97 TIL an 11 year old girl survived four days at sea in a 2ft by 5ft raft after her family was murdered and the boat she was on sank. She went years without knowing for sure who killed them.
woldY TIL the only Monegasque competitor to ever have won an Olympic medal Olympic is Julien Médécin, who received a Bronze medal for Architecture in 1924
Le4V TIL that in 1919, Eisenhower and the Army tried to drive across the country. They barely made it, so Eisenhower built the Interstate Highway System when he became President.
kJowB TIL: various English accents have developed what linguists call a "Mary–marry–merry merger", where all three words now sound the same, due to their vowels converging