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TIL that 90% of the news we read and listen to is controlled by six companies.

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mxJp TIL NASA chose Cape Canaveral as their launch site because it has a higher linear velocity than other sites in the US.
o50L TIL that Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album remained on the Billboard 200 list for 15 years straight.
6kk7 TIL Matt Damon and Ben Affleck originally wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’ with an oral sex scene between the main character and his shrink to see which film execs had truly read the script. They sold the film rights to Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, the only one to mention the scene was wildly out of place
NNGe TIL that after the Bastille was stormed and demolished, some of its stones were carved into miniature versions of itself.
BryRd TIL only five percent of Americans ages 35-44 think they will die before reaching the age of 65 when in reality the typical 35-year-old male has a 17.5 percent chance of dying before age 65.