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TIL Bowen Yang was voted "Most Likely to Be a Cast Member on Saturday Night Live" in his high school's yearbook

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GAZ4g TIL the camera used on the original Apollo moon landing missions didn't have a viewfinder
dWKE TIL the “an average person eats nine spiders in their sleep” statistic was invented in the early 90’s as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the Internet.
N7pXN TIL: A study by Microsoft and Canada revealed in 2015 that the average attention span is now 8 seconds, down from 12 seconds in 2000 due to the advent of mobile phones. The attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds.
M7Ylm TIL that Genghis Khan strategically married his daughters to allied kings, sending the sons-in-law to fight in Mongol campaigns. As many of them died in battle, his daughters took control, effectively ruling those nations.
QX7X TIL that most Ben and Jerry’s ice cream has chunks in it because Ben has anosmia and relies on “mouth-feel” when eating.