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TIL inner speech can clock in at 4,000 words per minute, 10X faster than verbal speech.

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0dNG5 TIL that there are 293 different ways to make change for a dollar
e0Mm5 TIL while some countries struggle to fulfill government pension obligations, the Government Pension Fund of Norway currently holds over $1 trillion in assets.
N7dBe TIL the Japanese officer who proposed the use of Kamikaze pilots during World War 2 shot himself post-war out of guilt for sending so many young men to their deaths.
aJdL TIL there are about 200,000 Africans in the city of Guangzhou, China, their number increasing by 30-40% every year, the area they live in is now called “Chocolate City” by locals
6EdvX TIL about asteroid J002E3, which was discovered 16 years ago orbiting the earth. It turned out to be the 3rd stage of Apollo 12, which had come back to earth orbit after going around the sun for over 30 years.