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TIL that some cable networks speed up programming so they can fit in more commercials every hour.

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YpKxZ TIL Tilda Swinton is a direct descendant of legendary Scottish King Robert the Bruce
yQBLe TIL of the 1975 Ebbin brothers coincidental tragedy in Bermuda. Both Erskine and Neville were 17, riding the same moped, and hit by the same taxi carrying the same passenger a year apart. Considering the population and landmass of Bermuda back then, the odds of it happening were not that small.
dAeE TIL that a 17 year old girl has found a possible cure for cancer. She created a nanoparticle that can be delivered to tumours, which then kills cancerous stem cells.
mb0M TIL James Buchanan, the 5th American President regularly bought slaves in order to free them.
16vY4 TIL that Uruguay has the highest cattle per capita in the world, with more than three cows for every person in the country.