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TIL The US has 88.8 guns per 100 persons

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JnPl TIL 26% of American adults DO NOT know that the Earth orbits the sun, 49% think antibiotics kill viruses, 47% believe electrons are larger than atoms, 53% think Lasers work by focusing sound waves, according to a survey done by the National Science Board. Other figures and countries included. (PDF)
wLDgW TIL only 8% of the world's currency exists in physical form. The rest exists only on a computer
KOgBQ TIL That as McDonald's came to the former Communist nations of Eastern Europe, it became a point of national pride to have one, even being included in football chants to taunt those countries who didn't yet have a McDonalds.
j61oa TIL In early 2000 there's a blind guy named Brice Mellen who became a pro at video games like Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber 2 just by listening to the sounds, beating anyone who dared challenge him.
aw5J0 TIL when olympic organizers found condoms on the roofs of housing for athletes in the Seoul Games in 1988, the Olympic Association outlawed outdoor sex in the olympic village.