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TIL United States is the world's largest consumer market, accounting for 30% of global consumer spending despite representing only 4.2% of the global population.

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N7QON TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built
aO9b TIL that the phrase “Die Hard” was coined in 1811 by an English officer during a battle in the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded, but refused to leave the field, telling his outnumbered regiment to “die hard” against the French troops.
X5lD TIL it’s a bad idea to use a banana for scale when taking pictures of a beehive, since the alarm pheromone to alert bees to defend their hive smells like bananas
nel1G TIL: A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane was headed to Switzerland, but had to be intercepted by French/Italian fighter jets because the Swiss Air force doesn't work on nights and weekends.
R7Prj TIL, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was marketed with the title "The Whip Guy" in Turkey in 1984