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TIL that most Americans spend less than $9 per year on NASA through personal income tax

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oDyo TIL there’s a theory that humans went nearly extinct 7,000 years ago.
R7Abj TIL the First and Second officers on Titanic interpreted the evacuation order differently. Murdoch took it as women and children first while Lightoller took it as women and children only. As a result only 20% men were saved in comparison to 74% women and 52% children.
x6AWb TIL that ABBA, one of the most successful bands of all time, found fame by winning an international song competition, "Eurovision", in 1974.
9YbX7 TIL Baader Planetarium in Germany manufactures a filter film for safe viewing of the sun. This precision film was made in laboratories for nuclear and particle physic and its reflective property reduces intensity of sunlight by over 99.999%. The Sun appears in its real color - neutral white
1ao6P TIL that Chinese-speakers can remember more digits than English-speakers because short-term memory operates phonologically and the number words in Chinese are all single syllables whereas their English counterparts can be multiple syllables.