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TIL that Utah is the largest consumer of paid internet pornography in the United States

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AGkn TIL 41% of transgender people attempt suicide
rR99w TIL about “Charlie the Horse” who survived being trapped by the Frank Slide for a month but then died gorging on brandy and oats provided by his rescuers.
VMBV4 TIL that "the distinctive Australian accent is the result of a 'drunken slur' caused by the heavy drinking of the early settlers, according to a communication expert."
rpmd TIL that Grand Budapest Hotel was shot at 1.37, 1.85 and 2.35:1 to inform the viewer where he is in the timeline, which alternates between 1985, 1968 and the 1930s.
a8xRL TIL in 2010 that following an uproar after a mixed race student was not allowed to run for 6th grade class reporter, a Mississippi school district scrapped a long standing system of student elections which only allowed students of certain races to run for certain class positions.