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TIL that in 2017, CBS and NBC put an ad on New York Times claiming they're the most watched network in US, at the same day in just 3 pages apart

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awlLM TIL that in 1988 the UK banned a song for saying two groups of Irish people had been tortured into wrongful convictions. 3 years later it was found to be true and they were released.
9YR9m TIL prior to the invention of photography, artists could not work out how horses legs moved in a gallop, this led to horses being incorrectly depicted in paintings.
XW6 TIL IKEA is an acronym, a charity, and depicted the first gay couple in an ad (and more).
6E6RZ TIL the term "kangaroo court" comes from travelling judges "hopping from place to place, guided less by concern for justice than by the desire to wrap up as many trials as the day allowed."
78Z9r TIL about the Gault archaeological site, which has convincing evidence that humans inhabited North America 20,000 years ago