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TIL the average U.S. wedding now costs $31,213 (excluding the honeymoon).

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MMxA TIL that a 92 year old man named Hyman Strachman pirates movies and then sends them overseas to soldiers, using his own money. He has sent over 300,000 discs so far.
yVb78 TIL that The Simpsons episode where they go to Japan is banned in Japan.
mxOBv TIL about the Battle of Hayes Pond, an armed confrontation between Lumbee Native Americans and the KKK in which the Lumbee were successful in disrupting the klan rally and ending significant KKK activity in the southern region of North Carolina.
GBQ4 TIL the US Government considered nuking the Moon just to intimidate the Soviets
ePrJ TIL over 10% of people have had sex at work.