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TIL the average American uses 71lbs of ketchup in a year.

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71bL TIL in 2003, female A-10 Thunderbolt pilot Kim Campbell was heavily lit up by anti-aircraft munitions, flying over Baghdad. The plane lost all hydraulics, rolled left and pointed toward the ground, but after reverting to manual mode she was got control, flew for an hour, and landed without brakes.
d8vv9 TIL that the "Jewish hat" was a cone-shaped pointed hat worn by Jews in Medieval Europe. Initially worn by choice, in many places adult male Jews were required by law to wear it to distinguish them from others.
WKEd TIL a gasoline engine vehicle has 2,000+ moving parts compared to 18 moving parts in an electric vehicle
E1Y1x TIL In 80 years, the world's phosphorus reserves are expected to run out. This will make fertilizer increasingly harder to produce, thus reducing the world's global food supply if nothing is done to reduce the use of phosphorus.
R5rG1 TIL there were originally 3 species of parrot found in the United States but 2 of the 3 are now extinct due to human activity and the 3rd is only found in 1 state.