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TIL 87 percent of teens in the USA have an ‌iPhone‌, while 88 percent expect an iPhone‌ to be their next phone according to a survey from investment firm Piper Sandler.

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mJgP TIL after French soldier Jean Bernadotte showed kindness to a few Swedish soldiers, he became so popular in Sweden that the Swedes decided to make him their king when a vacancy came up, despite him never having set foot in Sweden before. The House of Bernadotte rules Sweden to this day.
XyJX TIL that Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t actually look for his shadow at all, but instead speaks Groundhogese to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club president who translates it to English.
5YMyQ TIL that Shenzen is the only Chinese city that forbids eating cats and dogs.
gVZ4 TIL Isaac Asimov died from HIV contracted from a blood transfusion
b9bmQ TIL the UEFA Champions League anthem is a rearrangement of Handel’s “Zadok the Priest”, which has been used for the Coronation of every British monarch since 1727. So for the next coronation in England, people will probably wonder “why the hell do they play the Champions League anthem”