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TIL turning the subtitles on for kids' TV massively improves their reading

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yQO7X TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.
780dM TIL that in 1927, the philosopher Wittgenstein designed a door handle which has become a prototype for curved tubular handles ever since.
P19aV TIL that the term trypophobia (fear or disgust of irregular circular patterns) was coined by a participant in an online forum in 2005
0GEv TIL that since 1967 the United Kingdom Home Office only counts a homicide if the murder ends with a conviction making it nearly impossible to compare homicides rates between the UK and other developed countries.
dXaZ TIL the USSR put a rover on the moon in 1970, and was missing from 1971-2010