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

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Me1a8 TIL that the soundtrack for the animated movie ‘Akira’ was composed before it was animated. The animation crew created scenes in time with the music, rather than the other way around.
4ngJ TIL a man who committed suicide wrote a 1,905 page suicide note, complete with a bibliography and works cited.
7rNgO TIL Dennis Leary's foundation, the Fund for New York's Bravest, has distributed over $2 million to the families of the 343 firemen killed in the September 11 attacks in 2001
Jno8 TIL in Canada you can get up to 14 years in prison for telling or suggesting to someone that they should kill themselves but only 5 years if you threaten to kill them yourself (see section 241 & section 264.1 of the criminal code)
M96a TIL Jesse Owens real name was “J. C. ”, but due to his strong southern accent people thought his name was Jesse.