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TIL that the average American eats the same amount of sugar in five days that the average American 200 years ago consumed all year.

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PGyV TIL that in 2011 a 75 year old Georgian woman cut off internet access to the whole of Armenia when she severed a single cable while digging with a shovel
1aR1X TIL during the development of Space Harrier, the president of SEGA insisted that if the graphics were done, a game was ready for release. To properly finish the game, the lead designer rigged a secret switch to the bottom of his desk that would mess up the colors whenever giving a demonstration.
LydP TIL that when a baby giggles to ‘peekaboo’ the infant has developed knowledge that objects and people continue to exist even if they are not currently visible.
J1yW4 TIL on Black Friday in 2008 a Walmart worker, Jdimytai Damour, was trampled to death trying to hold back shoppers from storming in.
d4G7 TIL a gay Vietnam veteran has a gravestone that omits his own name, merely saying “Gay Vietnam Veteran,” while pointing out that he received a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.