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TIL That a Nanometer is about the distance a beard hair grows in the time it takes you to raise the razor to your face

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QJ6eM TIL that in the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods released 'I hate peas!', which were just peas disguised in a fry-shaped format to get more kids to eat peas. The product, along with the rest of the 'I hate' line, was not well-received by kids.
ZpZno TIL Mongol-Chinese actor Batdorj-in Baasanjab, who played Genghis Khan in a 2004 miniseries, is actually a direct descendant of Genghis Khan's son Chagatai
aVQL TIL that Pres. Eisenhower warned unending conflict would allow the Military Industrial Complex to degrade American Freedom.
GY9Q1 TIL a woman named Akiko Takakura survived the Hiroshima bombing while being only 300m away from the hypocenter
y418 TIL - In the U.K. up until 1875 boys as young as 8 were legally sold to a “master sweep” as an apprentice to sweep chimneys. Effectively slaves, after years of hard labour in harsh conditions led to disfigured appendages, poor vision, asthma and extremely high rate of scrotal cancer.