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TIL The moon is shaped like an egg: it only looks round because the big end points toward Earth

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KMJ9 TIL that the map of the world we use may not be the best representation of the world - the Peters Projection Map is area accurate
j6jBN TIL that All of Earth's water—including oceans, icecaps and glaciers, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and water in the atmosphere—equals ~326 quintillion gallons (326,000,000,000,000,000,000). Of that, a tiny fraction, 37.5 quadrillion gallons, is in the atmosphere above us as water vapor.
PYBdO TIL The coffee cup sleeve was invented by a dad who spilled hot coffee in his lap.
90gX TIL; Pill bugs are not ‘bugs’ at all. They are land-dwelling crustaceans.
Y7Oov TIL that cigarette filters were designed with color-changing chemicals to give the illusion that they filter out toxins. In reality, the filters have little to no health benefits.