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TIL: On average, women outnumber men in college 3 to 2.
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TIL of a kakistocracy: a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. The word was first coined by English author Thomas Love Peacock in 1829, but was rarely used until the 21st century.
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TIL that in 2002 the admission price for a Disneyland ticket was $45. Today it’s $87.
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TIL Reynolds Wrap was founded in 1919 to make foil wrappers for the new concept of packs of cigarettes (Camel, 1913) of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., who later expanded to include Winston, Salem, Newport, Pall Mall. The Founder of Reynolds Wrap was the nephew of R.J. Reynolds, Richard Reynolds.
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TIL about the movie “The Program” and a scene where college football players laid in the dividing line of traffic. Groups of teenagers tried to replicate the scene resulting in one death and two injuries. The scene was removed from all further releases of the film
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TIL New York-Presbyterian Hospital Created and maintains a Life-Saving CPR Spotify Playlist. Each track consists of the “right beat” to time CPR compressions, so that 100 chest compressions are done per min.