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TIL Blood Makes up 2.5% of All US Exports

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mery TIL the average person checks their phone 150 times a day, every six-and-a-half minutes.
e0BGD TIL oranges are sold in bright red net bags because the colour of the net deepens the perceived colour of the fruits - this is called Munker's illusion
v146j TIL that during the Apollo 10 mission a turd was found floating around the spacecraft in zero gravity, but none of the astronauts on board would admit that it was theirs.
51wP TIL “Contagious shooting” is the name for the phenomenon when one person in a group shoots, the entire group starts shooting (even if they don’t know why they’re shooting)
OoW9g TIL in 1936 Jesse Owens a Black American Olympian 4 time gold medalist in track and field who competed in Nazi Germany did not receive any congratulations from then President FDR. Only decades later in 1976 was he finally recognized for his achievements representing America.