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TIL that reading all privacy policies the average internet consumer encounters in a year would take 76 work days

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mxBEM TIL that chickens used to be fitted with tiny glasses to prevent eye-pecking and cannibalism. Rose-colored glasses were especially popular as they were thought to prevent chickens from seeing blood and becoming enraged.
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KO7w9 TIL in the 18th century rich people would keep ornamental hermits on their estate as a status symbol. They would be fed and cared for by the estate owner, almost like a pet.
6EJ67 TIL the Tsar Bomba, the largest ever nuclear bomb detonated, was originally designed to yield 100 megatons. However, Sakharov was very apprehensive about the amount of radiation it would create, and therefore replaced the bombs innovative uranium layers with lead, halving the size of the blast.
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