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TIL clocks ran behind in Europe in 2018 due to a power shortage caused by politics and when the dispute was resolved, they ran the power grid above frequency to fix clocks that were behind for a few weeks

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m1ev TIL that as of 2004, George Foreman had made approximately $240 million from the George Foreman Grill- TRIPLE what he had made lifetime as a boxer.
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WkWJ4 TIL Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards worked for years at being a successful musician. Although she saw plenty of success over the course of four records, she eventually burned out and retreated from the music industry and opened a coffee shop. The shop is called Quitters.