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TIL Daylight Savings doesn’t actually save electricity. It still exists because it helps the economy.

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j7Oj TIL That Bill O’Reilly used to beat his wife.
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rR8y1 TIL On Nov. 10, 1898, a mob descended on the offices of The Daily Record, a Black-owned newspaper in Wilmington, N.C. Armed men then moved into the streets and opened fire on Black men. The number of people who died ranges from about 60 to as many as 250, according to some estimates.
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