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TIL that until 1987 all media stations were legally required to provide fair and balanced coverage to controversial issues

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4XvAX TIL that in 1822 a white stork was found in Germany with an arrow in its neck made of central African hardwood. It provided some of the earliest evidence of long-distance stork migration. More have been found since.
7BEr TIL: That American toilets clog so much because they have a trapway half the size of the trapway in an Australian or NZ Toilet
KOdGJ TiL Blood donors in Sweden get a text message whenever their blood saves someone's life. With blood donation rates in decline all over the developed world, Sweden's blood service is enlisting new technology to help push back against shortages.
XE9kR TIL the founder and lead singer of new-wave band Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, also composed the music for many TV shows including The Rugrats and Pee-wee's Playhouse.
loAer TIL that Soviet artillery launched an attack in 1942 to silence German guns specifically so that Shostakovich's 7th Symphony could premiere in Leningrad, even though the city was under siege and the musicians were starving to death, with three dying during rehearsals