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TIL in the 1950s the average height of a Japanese man was 4'11

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jNRQ TIL that thousands of high school students watch 12 minutes of Channel One every day of class: A multimillion-dollar, corporate-owned program that pipes advertisements into the classroom. In return, participating schools receive technological grants.
PYPAO TIL Research has shown that dogs actually like the silly, high-pitched voice their owners use to talk to them.
ABdl TIL John Michell - called both the father of seismology and the father of magnetometry. “One of the greatest unsung black scientists of all time”, he was the first person known to propose the existence of black holes, earthquakes travel in waves. No one knows what he looked like.
x46w TIL FEDEX was charged with distribution of controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute misbranded drugs when the DEA told it to stop a list of drug dealers, but refused to give the list when FEDEX tried to comply. FEDEX pleaded not guilty, since they had no way to tell who was on the list.
d80eQ TIL about Operation Rocky Top, which was a FBI mission that discovered corruption in the Tennessee State government. With the help of a first-year state representative, the FBI had arrested 50 people including state officials, which led to two state officials committing suicide to avoid trial.