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TIL that the reason why most brands of glasses are expensive is that there is a monopoly in the industry.

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mxEDE TIL The last time China held contested elections was in 1913. It ended when Song Jiaoren, a young successful politician who pushed for democracy, was shot that year. Song crafted an election platform that appealed to the bulk of the 10% of the population entitled to vote, or 40 million men
6EQDQ TIL of the "Chicken poop prison" in Thailand. The ceiling of the cells was a grate, and chickens were cared for above the cell. Their dung was then allowed to drop freely onto the criminal within.
9wdZp TIL that Sugar Maple Trees have a wider range in the US than Canada
BEDL TIL A Private Collector Paid 1.5million for Marilyn Monroe Sex Tape, to keep it a secret
x6lNw TIL Althea Gibson was appointed New Jersey's athletic commissioner in 1976. Gibson was the first woman in the country to hold such a position but resigned after one year due to a lack of autonomy in her role stating she did not wish to simply be a figurehead.