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TIL you would need 76 work days to read all the privacy policies you agree to each year

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vPdvj TIL in the 1880s, the director of Harvard Observatory was dissatisfied with his team and remarked, "My Scottish maid could do better!" He hired Williamina Fleming, his Scottish maid. For decades, Fleming led a team that made significant discoveries, including white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.
yVegw TIL the US has lost 29% of it's total bird population since 1970 due to pesticides on seeds.
nWK9B TIL cats aren’t born with the instinct to kill for food or eat their catch. Mother cats have to show them.
DlgY TIL that Charles Hires, the first person to successfully market a commercial brand of root beer, decided to call his drink “root beer” despite it not containing any alcohol because he wanted to market it to Pennsylvania coal miners
b95yQ TIL that when it opened in 1955, Disneyland featured an educational attraction themed around the history of women's underwear, sponsored by the Hollywood-Maxwell Brassiere Company. It even featured its own animatronic mascot, the Wonderful Wizard of Bras.