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TIL: Ships Rarely Sail Outside of Designated Routes!

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M7gW7 TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an 'epidemic' affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease' called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.'
kJaPW TIL that, contrary to the belief in “German efficiency”, the construction of a much-needed new airport in the country’s capital took 15 years to plan and 14 years to build due to poor planning, massive corruption, and egregious corporate and civil mismanagement
mxlZv TIL That PepsiCo owns Lays, Doritos and Tropicana and generates 1.5x more revenue than its rival, the Coca-Cola Company
4j6b TIL that an Australian man waited 416 days to see what happens after his ipod timer passes 9999 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds
4X5Ga TIL that in 1913 the first $20,000 of income was not federally taxed. That's $551,521.21 in July 2021 dollars.