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TIL about Chumboxes, a grid of clickbait articles found on a majority of news sites. Over 80% of these articles are ads and are focused on things like miracle cures and images of pills

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4XrXJ TIL Romantic painter, JMW Turner, has created at least one erotic artwork.
R5bp7 TIL that Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis, was viewed as “primus inter pares” (first among equals) among the kings and rulers of Europe as he commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the centre of European art and intellectual thought at the time.
RKll TIL David Letterman sponsors a scholarship at Ball State that is supposedly awarded to “average” students, since he was a mediocre student.
JYnxj TIL Cars Fueled by Compressed Air Have Been in Development in France for Years and are Scheduled for Industrial Production in India in 2020
5LGB TIL King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is the first mixed-gender university campus in Saudi Arabia. The religious police do not operate on-site, and women are allowed to mix freely with men and to drive on campus, and they are not required to wear veils.