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TIL Happy Days was originally a sitcom centering around a Midwestern family that just purchased their first TV set (the first one in the neighborhood!) and how the teenage son planned to use the TV as a chick magnet

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gMBj9 TIL that around 80% off all products sold in United States and the EU are packaged in cardboard.
P14pZ TIL that Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th American President, sold firewood on street corners in St. Louis throughout the mid to late 1850's when he was struggling to make a living as a farmer.
loVaa TIL that Almost All of the Photos of the Dahomey "Amazon" Warrior Women are fake.
VROk TIL There was a $999.99 featureless iPhone application called “I Am Rich”. 8 people purchased it within the first 24 hours; 6 from the U.S., 1 from Germany, and 1 from France.
R75Qw TIL a boat is considered a ship if it weighs 500 tonnes or more. A more general distinction is that ships can carry boats but boats cannot carry ships.