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TIL Pornhub is the 69th most visited website in the world.

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4VoJ TIL:The phrase “In the Limelight” actually comes from the theater spot lights that used a torch to burn quicklime.
Bepx TIL France tried stop Amazon offer free shipping to its customers by fining them €1,000 per day. Amazon continued to pay the fines instead of ending its policy of offering free shipping. After law was created banning free shipping, Amazon effectively snubbed it by charging one cent for delivery.
6rew TIL the original ‘Teddy Bear’ was inspired by a cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt sparing a wounded bear while on a hunting trip. Based on this success, in the next election, William Taft supporters tried and failed to popularize a stuffed possum associated with their candidate.
v9X4 TIL Julius Caesar, despite being the most famous Roman, only ruled as a dictator for four years before being assassinated.
B9bk TIL that a woman jumped from a moving car after seeing a spider on her shoulder. The 9 year old passenger attempted to stop the car, hit the gas, and collided with a school bus.