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TIL most people who can touch-type greater than 70wpm with greater than 90% accuracy, also can't correctly recite from memory the layout of their keyboard.

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epBl4 TIL that Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using A 50-Word Vocabulary
gMajb TIL that all potatoes used to make fries from Five Guys are required to be grown north of the 42nd parallel.
VBM9m TIL about Westsylvania, a 14th state of the U.S. that was proposed early in the American Revolution, and would have included parts of Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia & Pennsylvania.
xnAb TIL of Roy Sullivan, a man who was struck by lightning seven times. He started to believe that he attracted lightning, and sometimes even reported seeing clouds following him. He eventually shot himself in the head at age 71.
vKEK TIL that Jews were blamed (and killed) for the spread of the Black Death due to being somewhat unaffected by it… (It was due to their isolation & better hygiene.)