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TIL Bud Light's sales have been 25% lower compared to last year's at the same time... 25%.

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DldD TIL when United Airlines baggage handlers broke a musician’s valued guitar and then spent a year refusing to pay for repairs, he wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars” that got over 16 million hits on YouTube, caused United stock to sink 10%, and finally forced them to pay $3,000 compensation.
5VJKr TIL about a woman who following a brain illness, was not able to recognize any voice except Sean Connery
856K TIL: that the human stomach has more nerve endings than the spinal cord, giving a bit more meaning to gut feeling.
5YrKP TIL the original founding population of Native Americans was about 250 people. At their peak, there were about 18 million in North America and 40 million from Alaska to Argentina. It’s estimated that the population dropped by almost 90% within a few centuries after the arrival of the Europeans.
yQWkv TIL that the ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s.