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TIL that the subscription business model has been around since the 17th Century

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mx95p TIL that Jimmy Boyd's I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in Boston when it was released on the grounds that it mixed kissing with Christmas. Boyd was photographed meeting with the Archdiocese to explain the song. After the meeting, the ban was lifted.
nWkYB TIL only 46 votes out of the 5,722,440 votes cast in the 1868 US Presidential Election were for someone other than Ulysses S. Grant or Horatio Seymour
8QXG TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has dropped all mention of marijuana from its curriculum as of December 2012.
MeXjK TIL Speedy Gonzales cartoons were banned for a short while by Cartoon Network, due to perceived racial insensitivity. They were brought back the airwaves after fan campaigns, and the Hispanic-American rights organization League of United Latin American Citizens called Speedy a cultural icon.
b9xPa TIL the United Way released 1.5 mil. balloons over Cleveland in '86. They blanketed the town leading to car crashes, an airport shutdown, stampeding horses, and the suspension of a Coast Guard search for 2 missing boaters who eventually washed ashore dead.