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TIL Forbes ranked Maine as the worst state for doing business for the fourth straight year

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Ymb7 TIL that male victims of domestic violence who called the police for help were more likely to be arrested themselves, than have their female partner arrested [PDF]
YpynB TIL that Beethoven's teacher (Johann Albrechtsberger) wrote seven Concerti for the Jew Harp (also known as the Mouth Harp).
Z8Era TIL That after stepping down in 1990, Augusto Pinochet remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army under the democratic government until 1998.
4XXN TIL A Roman Catholic physician developed the first modern form of birth control.
XYE TIL there was a Snake Plissken television series planned, but it was turned down by all the major networks for being “too dark and bleak.”