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TIL that at least 1 in 4 people who say they've read George Orwell's 1984 are lying

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gAVD TIL: That on 9/11, after the first plane hit the North Tower of the WTC, people in the South Tower wanted to leave but were advised by a announcement to stay at their desks. Some of those who tried to leave anyway were turned back by security in the building before the exits. 1,120 died.
l1V7 TIL Swiss researchers found that out of 37 million companies, 147 firms control 40% of global wealth and 737 control 80%.
lonDN TIL when the Nazis burned Sigmund Freud's books he said, "What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now, they are content with burning my books."
K16E TIL that many animals can communicate by vibrating the surface of earth, water or other substrates, a phenomenon known as seismic communication. Predators also use this ability to eavesdrop on their prey.
RZL1 TIL the southern copperhead (a snake) has a protein in its venom called “contortrostatin” that stops the growth of cancer cells and tumors in mice