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TIL in 2009 CD Singles sales ‘officially’ died when Florence and the Machine charted at number 16 in the UK after selling a whopping 64 physical copies of their single

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AD9Xw TIL that Oklahoma's state meal is chicken-fried steak, barbecued pork, fried okra, squash, cornbread, grits, corn, sausage with biscuits and gravy, black-eyed peas, strawberries, and pecans.
9YMkM TIL: School bus yellow was specifically created for use on school buses at a conference in 1939. Attendees at the seven-day conference included paint experts from DuPont and Pittsburgh Paints. The color was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision.
pY7RZ TIL that railway tracks and tunnels undergo mandatory nightly checks in Tokyo
VAD4 TIL that in a 2004 study, Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea reduced their risk of breast cancer by nearly 90%
gWp9 TIL: There was a movement of people in the late 1800’s called the “anarchists”; that effectively changed American labor policy by fighting injustice with extreme violence, rather than sitting in front of Wall Street.