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TIL that a star is born every 0.0002 seconds, 4800 per minute

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nkrB TIL a 16 year-old Brooklyn teen pretended to be a subway conductor and drove a train for over 3 hours before getting caught.
GkjN TIL the US pays on average 15% more for sugar than the rest of the world do to the Farm Bill. This may also be the reason soft drinks switched over to High Fructose Corn Syrup.
650J TIL That Myspace was created in December of 1996. And this is what it looked like.
gM5Ay TIL Julius Caesar was "slut shamed" for an alleged sexual relationship with King Nicomedes Bithynia. Not because it was of a homosexual nature, but because Caesar was allegedly the receptive partner. The accusation may have been a political smear, but it bothered Caesar for the rest of his life.
VB0jk TIL that the Khasi people of northern India train the roots of rubber fig trees to form living "rope bridges" across rivers. The longest such bridge is 160 ft long and crosses a gorge 230 ft deep. Some bridges have existed for centuries.