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TIL that within a year of being elected in 1980, Ronald Reagan was responsible for repealing restrictions on advertising to children, opening the floodgates for shows like Transformers, GI Joe and Carebears to dominate kids television and toy isles.

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dr0E TIL the world’s most expensive keyboard in 2007 cost over $4,400 US and was hand lacquered using a brush made from the hairs of virgins then coated in gold dust.
YpWbZ TIL that macaques and by extension many other monkeys and mammals have the anatomical capacity to speak but not the brain capacity and neural control to do so. This contradicts the often claimed statement that animals can’t make speech due to their specific anatomy.
QJ4R9 TIL that Toronto has a courier service that only employs individuals with developmental disabilities. Delivery costs are on par with other couriers and its clients include many of Toronto's biggest businesses.
GYv8g TIL Johann Sebastian Bach did not write the Minuets in G major and G minor, BWV Anh. 114 and 115, but were by composed by another German composer Christian Petzold, which, through their appearance in the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, used to be attributed to Bach.
kJGye TIL the Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.