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TIL 95% of the ocean is unexplored.

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gMOay TIL Whenever you move your eyes quickly from one point to another point, there is a disconnect between your eyes and brain, so your perception of time stretches backwards slightly. This is why, when you first look at a clock, it appears to take longer than a second to move.
R7ERj TIL The Selmer Company claims a 42 percent share of the U.S. professional band instrument market and 25 percent of beginner instrument sales. Over three-fourths of its unit sales are made to student musicians. Sales rose and fell in concert with the birth rate, albeit with a 10- to 11-year lag
P1YnZ TIL from 1848 to 1962, Algeria was considered an integral part of Mainland France rather than a foreign colony.
OB8Y TIL there is a town called Okay, OK. It has a population of about 600.
BQ9b TIL The popular Mexican folkloric hero ‘Zorro’ actually existed. And he was Irish.