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TIL There are 9 million more women than men in Russia.

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rNA61 TIL Green Day started working on American Idiot after the master tapes of their previously planned album were stolen and they decided to start from scratch
oBP8E TIL when the SR-71 was retired in 1990, it went ahead and set four new world speed records on its way to the museum.
78bdZ TIL the guy who first picks up the phone in the infamous “Whazzup?” Budweiser Super Bowl Ad is the creator of the series. Due to the commercials success, he went on to direct films like Drumline with Nick Cannon, Mr. 3000 and Paid in Full with Bernie Mac, as well as the TV Show Friday Night Lights…
WkYYo TIL a single Dutch snack restaurant holds the registered name Wendy’s since 1988 in the Benelux (=Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg), blocking American fast-food chain Wendy’s to settle in Europe, even after Wendy’s (US) went to court to try to get the trademark registration dropped.
epnJJ TIL Using programming to model entire wind farms and account for the wake of individual turbines increases energy production over all.