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TIL that the higher concentration of dams/reservoirs in the northern hemisphere have caused the earth to spin faster on it's axis. As humans we hold more water in reservoirs than there is in all the rivers combined.

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yVPrM TIL the U.S. Pizza Team competes in four skills: largest dough stretch, fastest pizza maker, freestyle acrobatics, and fastest box folding.
oOLK TIL when the original Mortal Kombat game came out, an audit menu listed Error Macros under the name ERMAC, leading fans to think there was a third hidden ninja in the game. This myth resulted in the creation of the character in future games.
KYORQ TIL about the Nordic Biker War. A war involving the Hells Angles and Bandidos outlaw motorcycle clubs. The bikers utilized car bombs, machine guns, hand grenades, anti-tank missiles and small arms during their gang war.
WkLGX TIL open plan offices are bad for business – workers are 15% less productive, have trouble concentrating, and are twice as likely to get sick.
AnN4 TIL the longest & straightest overland route on earth is the most complicated deadly path to travel and no one has supposedly done it.