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TIL President Ronald Reagan majored in Economics, where he graduated with a ‘C’ grade.

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JVrQ TIL in the 1980s, Casablanca’s script was sent to major studios under its original title, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”. Some recognized the script but most did not. Many complained that the script was “not good enough.” Complaints were “too dated”, “too much dialog” and “not enough sex”.
BgvAy TIL that in 1980, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore warned Australia it was on track to become the ‘poor white trash of Asia’ if it didn’t open up its economy. Australia did open its economy, thrived, and has very close and friendly relations with Singapore.
BgXJD TIL that the United States consumes more oil per day than China and India combined, although the US population is just a little over 10% of the total population of those two countries.
gr854 TIL your brain is able to make a decision for you seconds before you become aware of the fact that you are making a decision
e0VQ5 TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations