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TIL That when there is a rise in country music played on the radio within metropolitan areas, suicide rates rise as well.

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eb75 TIL the EU commission has an alphabetised list of myths about the EU, from the British press, followed by full explanations of what really happened.
MrpA TIL ancient egyptians used a method of multiplication and division which is completely different to our own, but very similar to that used by computers (video 7:04)
Z8xpa TIL that there are still people speaking Greek dialects in south Italy, a remnant from the Byzantine Empire.
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oEWr TIL the last Attorney General to break with POTUS was Elliot Richardson, who resigned after Nixon ordered him to fire the Special Prosecutor of the Watergate scandal