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TIL in 2016 one tax payer moved away from New Jersey and threw off the entire state's budget

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xVkW5 TIL that Vincent Price did the monologue for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in one take.
pVm4 TIL: The US purple Skittles taste different from those elsewhere due to the ban of blackcurrent in the 20th century which is the flavour of the sweets outside of the US
8aEpK TIL that switching from leaded to unleaded fuel in the 1970’s has been linked to a 56% decrease in violent crime during the 1990’s.
4XrdR TIL after Ylvis got famous with 'What Does The Fox Say?', they wrote a song for their younger brother to sing about how much less famous he was than them. Savage.
PYMnV TIL that all thoroughbred horses are given the birth date of Jan. 1 regardless of when they were really born.