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TIL that Canadian law mandates that 35% of radio and 55% of television broadcasts must “at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada.”

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pYRrZ TIL that tickets to the first Superbowl cost just $12, which is approximately $106 when adjusted for inflation.
o68A TIL of Edward VIII who held the title of King of England for just 11 months. He abdicated the throne so that he could marry a woman the British government did not approve of as she had been divorced. They remained married until his death.
Y7MGA TIL that Turtle shells are part of their anatomy, and not some empty space where they retract
jGeE TIL In London from 1682 one could buy fire insurance: you attached a metal plate to their building ensuring that if there were a fire their insurance company would fight to extinguish it. If the building wasn’t insured the fire wasn’t put out unless it threatened to spread to an insured building.
g8y4 TIL that Kim Jong Il was the largest customer of Hennessey in the world, spending over $650,000 a year on it