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TIL the average American spends 33% of their waking hours listening to music

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Ypbdv TIL that if there are more than 26 hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season, storms get named after the Greek alphabet once the English alphabet is exhausted. To date, this has only happened once (in 2005).
e05Bb TIL that some countries (Russia, Norway, Eastern Europe) clap in rhythmic unison to express approval and enjoyment, as opposed to random clapping
nO0P TIL that mathematicians living in 16th Century Italy would have math duels to see who was the best. It would be so metal if math duels could still happen today.
nWWkG TIL Justice Wilson was briefly incarcerated in a debtor's prison where he continued to be a Supreme Court Justice. He was in such debt that he largely abdicated his position on the Supreme Court for the last two years of his life to flee from creditors to who he owed money.
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