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TIL that humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin.

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oBreY TIL Starbucks uses round tables because research shows they are more welcoming than those with square edges and people look less alone while seated at a round table.
rNWwM TIL about the Hart Island Project, which is aimed at listing and identifying bodies buried in mass graves at New York City’s mass burial cemetery on Hart Island. Each body has a clock that counts the minutes, hours, days, and years until each body is identified and their story is told.
b9V0 TIL the Founding Fathers did not want political parties because they worried they would be competing instead of promoting a greater good.
Br6Bk TIL that Chris Hemsworth's childhood name was "Kip" because every time he tried saying "Christopher" it came out as "Kiptader"
nWvoY TIL that the richest person in the world is France's Bernard Arnault (with a net worth of $214.4 billion), and that he got his start in the luxury goods industry when he bought Christian Dior in 1985 for $15 million, using money from his father’s successful construction business.