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TIL that Reddit is the 55th most popular website on the Internet

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yQVgv TIL that Sir Richard Branson dislikes the formality of neck ties so much that he often carries around a pair of scissors with him, ready to cut the ties off of unsuspecting tie wearers. He even has a cushion that he keeps at his home on Necker Island made up from the ties of some of his victims.
YLxW TIL that 8th century Muslim scholar al-Jahiz had made observations that described evolution way before Darwin or Lamark, but in an anecdotal way.
mx8Gy TIL in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. the United States Supreme Court ruled Hollywood's Big Five could no longer own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios controlled the filming, producing, printing and distribution of their movies.
Z81wa TIL that in addition to sporks there are other hybrid utensils called knorks, sporfs, splayds, spifes, and forkchops
xljD TIL Maj. Wilbert D. “Doug” Pearson is the only person to have achieved an air to space kill.