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TIL 1/3 of divorce filings in 2011 contained the word “Facebook”

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XEWor TIL, the name Nickelodeon is derived from an old chain of movie theatres in the United States, having over 8,000 theatres at one point. The name itself comes from the terms: Nickel for 5 cents, and the greek word Odeon, meaning a building for Musical Performances.
4Ew TIL on July 30, 1978 a city in Japan decided to switch which side of the road they drove on. It took 8 hours to turn all the traffic signs around, and cost $150 million to do the entire conversion.
x6XXD TIL the Donovan song "Mellow Yellow" was about vibrators
xVRJD TIL that Canadian radio stations are required by law to play Canadian artists on the airwaves at least 35% of the time.
JG9V TIL McDonalds intentionally created exactly four different shapes for chicken nuggets. According to the company, “three would’ve been too few. Five would’ve been, like, wacky.”