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TIL a study found that Ellen DeGeneres and Kim Kardashian rank among the highest for fake followers on social media, nearly 50%.

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Oxea TIL Verge magazine paid a technology writer to spend one year without going online in order to discover “what the internet has done to me over the years”. In that time he wrote half a novel, lost 15 pounds, and found the lack of constant stimulation drove him to do things he cared about
oDEE TIL Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people
OGPd6 TIL that after the video game crash of 1983, it was rumored Atari dumped hundreds of thousands of games, including E.T., at a landfill, leading to a 30-year-long urban legend until their discovery in 2014
nWDW9 TIL according to Guinness World Records, the largest church in the world is in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
KYDa TIL that scientists aren’t really sure why we require sleep. According to one researcher with 50 years of experience in the field, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”