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TIL 10% of the US population have an IQ less than 83. This means there is nothing for 10% of the population can do that isn't counterproductive for society.

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YnGv TIL alternative rock band The Flaming Lips released an album with four CDs that was designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, the four CDs would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound
XEWWj TIL, animators who failed while working on other projects within Dreamworks, were often sent to work on Shrek. The reassignment was known as being "Shreked" and being sent to "the Gulag".
R50K1 TIL that as of June 2022, Canada has a land border with Europe. After decades of disagreement – called the 'whisky war' – over who owned the unoccupied Hans Island between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and Greenland, the two governments agreed to split it down the middle.
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