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TIL that as of October 2017, Gallup polling found that only 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, only 24% identified as Republican, while 42% identified as Independent

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E6yx TIL Michael J. Fox negotiated the deal for Family Ties from a phone booth because he didn’t have a phone at home. He was told the network would need to call, and he said he was only home between the hours of four and five. He waited for the call, and fortunately he was there to answer it
Mo8V TIL out of the roughly 80 people in the world who have broken the 10 second barrier in the 100 meter sprint, only four of them are not of West African heritage and only one of them is white
VBRaB TIL there’s a term for the feeling of the pressure you feel in your ears when driving fast and only have rear windows down: The Helmholtz Resonance.
dDeJ8 TIL The 'Leap Day William' episode of 30 Rock was directed by Steve Buscemi.
0wGw5 TIL to deflect flight noises from the Amsterdam Airport, an 80-acre park in the shape of perfectly aligned furrows with high ridges in between (inspired by old farming techniques and Chladni patterns), was built. Finished in October 2013, the park cut the noise level in half almost immediately.