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TIL 46% of mobile game revenue comes from in game advertising.

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N7vM6 TIL that for over a century, locals in Meghalaya, India have been using trees to build root bridges, known locally as jing kieng jri. Taking 15 to 30 years to grow, they can span up to 250′ above gorges and rivers and support up to 35 people at a time.
x7ro TIL Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry” is actually titled “No Woman Nuh Cry”. Which translates to “No Woman Don’t Cry”. It’s a comfort song for a woman, not a comfort song for men with no woman!
grZyb TIL that the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered on an Australian beach, having been thrown into the ocean over 132 years ago by a German ship's crew as part of a scientific experiment.
xLjD TIL Albert Stevens was injected with plutonium without his knowledge or explicit consent in 1945. He survived over 20 years, accumulating a total radiation dose of 64 Sv - the highest known in any human being.
VA94 TIL The bolt that holds the rotor onto the body of a Huey Helicopter is called the Jesus nut because if it fails the helicopter would detach from the rotors and the only thing left for the crew to do would be to pray to Jesus as they fell from the sky.