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TIL that every time you shuffle a deck of cards it’s most likely the first time the cards have EVER been in that order

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g477 TIL there are currently 4,256 satellites currently orbiting the planet as of 2016, but only 1,419 are operational
v1LDj TIL that the US is in eternal battle with a flesh eating fly called the Screw Worm. Basically a maggot that burrow into live flesh, head first. There's a worm screw border guard at Panama, having mostly irradicating them in North America. Last US case in 2016. Yes, they will lay their eggs in you.
OoaW4 TIL Henry Ford really hated jazz. He associated it with Jewish and black people, calling it "Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love." To counter the popularity of Jazz, Ford poured tons of money into country music.
69ERw TIL that the numbering system in India has different words for the powers of ten starting with ten to the fifth, and names every other power from there (seventh, ninth, etc.)
gQ67 TIL Europe is experiencing its longest period of peace since the Roman Empire