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TIL that 90% of the earth population has brown eye color

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rRbZ4 TIL that for two thousand years the pyramids were the worlds tallest structures. Until Lincoln Cathederal
W1jd TIL: That the phrase “Can’t hold a candle next to (insert name here).” Stems from the fact that apprentices used to be expected to hold the candle so that more experienced workmen were able to see what they were doing. Someone unable even to do that would be of low status indeed.
yQ19e TIL after Portuguese explorers completed the first sea route to India in 1498 and disembarked in Calicut, the first people they met were two Spanish-speaking Tunisian merchants who said: "The Devil take you! What brought you here?". They responded: "We came in search of Christians and of spices".
GYBP7 TIL the director of the film adaptation of The Time Machine (2002) was H.G. Wells' great-grandson. He was also a consultant for the future scenes in Back to the Future II.
5YLOp TIL about András István Arató, the Hungarian Electrical engineer who accidentally became an internet meme called “Hide the Pain Harold”