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TIL that 17 million telegrams are still sent every year. By comparison, over 200 billion e-mails are sent every day. They are most commonly sent to meet certain legal requirements or to express congratulations or condolences.

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LQY19 TIL that in his 2010 autobiography, Keith Richards admitted that Otis Redding’s rendition of “Satisfaction” was closer to Richards’ original conception for the song than The Rolling Stones’ version. Keith said: “Otis got it right. Our version was a demo for [Otis’s version.]”
NwBP TIL that people from Niger are called Nigeriens while people from Nigeria are called Nigerians
QNgDp TIL that during WWII workers at the Henry Ford aircraft factory Willow Run built a staggering 8,685 B-24 bombers in three years. No one had ever manufactured airplanes on such a scale before. At its peak in 1944, it produced a B-24 every hour.
e4RJ TIL a Swiss man replaced his car’s broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove
pYvjG TIL American dislike bean-y taste of soymilk