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TIL higher educational level is significantly associated with smaller breast size preference

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8eNKV TIL that the tallest tree ever measured wasn’t actually a redwood. It was an Australian mountain ash. Which was recorded at a height of over 130 metres! (427 ft)
KYQ1B TIL: Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.
V1lG TIL that the fastest supercomputer in 1976 ran at 80MHz and cost $80 million. Compare that to the cheapest (via http://bit.ly/14FE8Qf
P15be TIL that the British crown enjoys ownership of all of the unmarked mute swans in open water. "Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released."
DQdJe TIL the greatest peacetime maritime disaster is the sinking of MV Doña Paz in 1987 with 4386 dead, almost 3 times Titanic's casualties (1496). The greatest wartime disaster is Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 (9343 dead).