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TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand

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vPZrx TIL about Georgia Tann; the woman who abducted, abused, and molested thousands of children via systematic kidnapping, became incredibly wealthy for selling said children to wealthy Americans, & essentially invented modern day adoption.
Ovr4 TIL a man got a parade and a new car from Honda for reaching 1 million miles on his Accord.
QJprL Today I learned that five times as many soldiers died in the battle of Stalingrad as US soldiers died during the whole war.
N7LEQ TIL : Saudi Arabia only abolished slavery in 1962 under pressure from the USA and GB
ANGGl TIL that the 800 number system for toll-free calling, invented in the US, now exists around the world. Many countries have toll-free phone numbers that start with "800", "0800", "1800", etc. There is also a +800 country code for international toll-free calling, but not all countries participate.