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TIL The Porn Industry Requested a "Stimulus Package" During The Great Recession Due To A "Soft Economy" Describing Itself As "...an industry the nation could not live without”

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PY8Ye TIL that the creator of James Bond also wrote the children's book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
R5jo7 TIL that the founder of Qualcomm pursued a degree in hotel management at Cornell University for a year and a half before switching to electrical engineering.
ZpPmR TIL that if you step on a scale at the North Pole and you weigh 200 pounds, you would weigh 198 pounds in northern Brazil at the equator due to the spin of the Earth
8YE8 TIL there are 21 “secret” Interstate Highways in the US. They are not marked, but are officially a part of the Eisenhower Interstate System.
o9KY TIL the final battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in The Bay of Bengal, India