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TIL that our universe may be inside a larger universe

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5YdAQ TIL that the chemist whose research department invented the gas used to kill jews in concentration camps was not only a jew but also won the nobel peace prize for his prior work of extracting nitrogen from air, allowing us to feed billions.
VdXp TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.
Y7OOd TIL that at US fast food chains, drive through sales account for 70% of purchases, up 30% from pre-pandemic levels.
ndnY TIL that the ban of leaded gasoline is believed to have been a major cause for falling violent crime rates in the United States
n9JY TIL that there are only three countries that havent ratified the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. They are Somalia, South Sudan, and the United States of America.