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TIL that hangovers cost the UK economy £1.4 Billion ($1.8Billion) a year.

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Zdda TIL that NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectory for the space flight of Alan Shepard by hand, and was called on by NASA officials to verify the computer’s calculations of John Glenn’s orbit around Earth.
bNE7 TIL that babies can tell the faces of lemurs and other primates apart, but lose this ability as they get older and specialize on human faces
M7E0B TIL 5.3% (over 3 million) annual deaths are due to alcohol and drug use
LgbQ TIL the Indus Valley Civilizaton’s major cities had flushing toilets in almost every home by 2600 BC
4kOPN TIL the builders of the Greate Pyramids of Gizah (2500 BC) were not in their time called "pharaoh". The title is first recorded over 1000 years later.