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TIL Seattle Public Library has made their ebook collection available to to 13-26 year olds living anywhere in the US

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Q4AE TIL If uncoiled, the DNA in all the cells in your body would stretch 10 billion miles—from here to Pluto and back.
Zp5WQ TIL a vertical black line on your nail could mean you have cancer or another health issue
KYdeJ TIL that in the early 1900s, only 7% of Americans used toothpaste until Claude Hopkins marketing campaign to sell Pepsodent after which, the number of people who used toothpaste jumped up to 65%
XE5Q8 TIL that in 2008 a festival known as "Festival of the fuck bands" was held; it featured bands such as "Fucked up", "Holy fuck", "Fuck buttons" and "Fuck the writers" and was held in the town of Fucking, Austria.
grNL TIL that the orbits of two of Saturn’s moons are only 50km apart, less than each moon’s diameter, yet they never collide, instead they switch orbit every four years.