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TIL that starting December 13th commercials cannot be louder than the show.

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6EOl TIL bread tie colors have a specific meaning
n7Qo TIL that the longbow was such an effective medieval weapon that the Duke of Wellington wanted to use a corps of longbowmen at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815
nWewr TIL that acclaimed children’s book author Shel Silverstein wrote “A Boy Named Sue,” made popular by Johnny Cash when he sang live for the San Quentin State Prison in 1969.
v40B TIL: 250 million years ago coal fires may have caused “The Great Dying” aka the Permian Extinction, in which 80% of life on land and 90% of sea life were killed
gMkd8 TIL that Kailash Temple,the 8th Century Hindu Megalith was hand-chiseled from top to bottom out of a single huge stone of granite while Aurangzeb, the Mughal ruler who sought to destroy it couldn't even accomplish it in 3 years with a 1000 men and he describes the stone as "too hard to be broken".