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TIL There are 38 million Americans who have never used the internet because many of them are simply not interested or find it difficult to use

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9Ybvp TIL Martin Van Buren was the first president who was born after the United States declared independence, and the first to have English as a second language.
VMw54 TIL Beetles are the most diverse order of life on our planet and have been around since the days of Pangaea.
M76V TIL on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, John Carpenter used his phone a friend lifeline to inform his dad he was going to win.
bQga TIL the floor of the SkyCity restaurant atop Seattle’s landmark Space Needle makes one rotation every 47 minutes, weighs roughly 125 tons, and is powered by a single 1.5-horsepower motor.
epvBg TIL zoochosis is a form of psychosis that develops in animals held captive in zoos, it manifests with stereotypic behaviors that depend on species, in some animals it may not be noticed by humans at all. We can assume many millions of animals worldwide suffer from this condition.