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TIL there are more iphones sold globally then children born. At a rate of 4.6 per second

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e0eQn TIL 75 percent of the world's food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species.
eppYJ TIL of Biofouling, the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals on surfaces such as ship and submarine hulls. Due to the increased drag this causes a ship, it can cost a vessel up to 40% more in fuel costs. The US Navy alone around $1 billion a year because of biofouling,
xVBx5 TIL Harvard invented the college interview and evaluation of extracurricular activities to weed out Jews in the selection process.
EgZaV TIL North Korea depends on human feces as fertilizer, they put annual mandatory quotas, and people often steal from each other to fill their feces quota
4XRxo TIL in 2011 at a rural Western NY high school, 14 students came down with an illness: verbal outbursts, tics, seizures, and speech problems. Fears about the cause of the outbreak drew national media attention. One girl had Tourette syndrome. The rest had mass psychogenic illness: mass hysteria.