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TIL That In May 2009, the world record for length of time That a paper glider stays in the air was set by Takuo Toda of Japan, whose paper plane glided along for 27.9 seconds.

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j6BXN TIL that the Montreal Protocol in 1987 was the first universally ratified treaty in United Nations history. All 198 parties agreed to reduce the production of CFCs to protect the ozone layer. It has been considered one of the most successful international agreements to date.
lDxK TIL that only a very small percentage of people are thought to be gluten intolerant, but those and IBS symptoms might actually be related FODMAPS- a group of fermentable carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed by gut bacteria.
b6yp4 TIL that Mountain Dew was originally a term for describing Scottish whiskey before bottlers Barney Hartman and Ally Hartman invented the soda of the same name in the 1940s.
epx6 TIL John Forbes Nash (of A Beautiful Mind fame) was admitted to graduate school on the strength of a one sentence recommendation letter from his advisor that read “This man is a genius”.
JjYl TIL that a house subcommittee met to try to eliminate the U.S. $1 bill. Reportedly switching to the $1 coin would save us 4.4 billion dollars over 30 years.