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TIL that Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.

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W74N9 TIL in 2013 a woman went to pick up a friend in Brussels (less than 90 miles from her home), however because of a GPS error, she ended up in Croatia after driving 900 miles across five international borders. She realized she took a wrong turn two days after leaving. Her son had reported her missing.
NoAM TIL that a $350m drillship built in the early ‘70s by US billionaire, Howard Hughes, to collect 'mineral riches’ from the ocean floor was actually a cover for the CIA to be used to lift a lost Soviet submarine, loaded with nuclear missiles, up from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, 3 miles deep
grLvW TIL that Edinburgh’s Old Town has underground streets where people used to live
Xryr TIL that in the the 17th century Navies doled out a daily ration of a half a pint of rum per sailor. This practice was continued by countries around the world and wasn’t completely stopped until 1990.
J1gQV TIL: Aphantasia - a condition that blocks the mind’s eye, affects 2-5% of people globally and reduces their ability to remember the past, imagine the future, and even dream.