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TIL that 45% of pregnacies in the US are unintended

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W7Gjd TIL about the Night of the Big Wind, a January 6th 1839 storm that was the most severe to hit Ireland in centuries. Over 20% of houses in Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and was so severe that people believed the world was ending
7rZWX TIL that Lithuania was the last pagan nation in Europe, before their official adoption of Roman Catholic in 1387
GAPxQ TIL that the fastest time to solve three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling them is 4 minutes and 31.01 seconds, achieved by Que Jianyu of China in 2018.
nWjrW TIL a type of film first produced in 1912 is still in production today.
KYMW4 TIL that when Mount Everest was first measured it was found to be exactly 29,000 feet tall. It was reported as 29,002 because surveyors worried the public would assume 29,000 was merely an estimate.