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TIL that, in 2004, 21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited “The Daily Show” as where they learned presidential campaign news, even though the show’s own producers (including Jon Stewart) ridiculed the very idea of people looking to their programme as a primary news source.

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KYo7J TIL: That disagreement surrounds the method by which kleptomania is considered and diagnosed. On one hand, some researchers believe that kleptomania is merely theft and dispute the suggestion that there are psychological mechanisms involved, while others observe it as substance-related misuse.
ZYpR TIL that an ignostic is “someone refuses to discuss whether God exists until the terms are defined.”
YPgB TIL that Democratic Republic of the Congo is considered THE richest country in the world regarding natural resources even though its citizens are among the poorest.
xAr5 TIL that the longest highway in the world is Highway 1 in Australia. Measuring at a length of approximately 14,500 km, (9,000 mi) it circumnavigates the entire country.
P1bKw TIL the Billboard R&B chart was once called "Race Records", which was 'a chart of bestselling African-American music'