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TIL There are just three countries in the entire world that still don’t use the metric system. They are Liberia, Myanmar and USA

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LQ0xm TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%.
APZw TIL a NFL game is 60 minutes by regulation, in total lasts 3 hours and 10 mins, and consists of ONLY 11 MINUTES of actual gameplay.
KY0J4 TIL Olive Garden shareholders voted to replace the company's entire board of directors in 2014 after investors got into a disagreement over the promise of unlimited bread sticks.