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TIL there are 86 Lego bricks for every person on earth.

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JYdY8 TIL There is a conspiracy theory, in Pakistan, that Malala Yousafzai was a spy for the US/CIA and they, along with her father, orchestrated the attempted murder. Bonus fact, supposedly Robert de Niro was the shooter and disguised as an Uzbek Homeopathic doctor.
VMQR4 TIL that the US dollar is worth HALF as much as it was when the average millennial was born.
neYQP TIL that a self proclaimed "Grammar Vigilante" has been correcting grammatically incorrect store signs in Bristol at night since 2003. He uses an 8 foot long apparatus called the "Apostrophiser" to correct signs such as "Amy's Nail's" and "Cambridge Motor's"
nek7o TIL that in the 1960s, Mister Rogers launched George Romero's career, by giving him his first job after he arrived in Pittsburgh. Mister Rogers supported him and watched Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead, and told George they were "a lot of fun".
m1LDR TIL A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life.