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TIL English accounts for about 52% of the Internet

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vDNR TIL the average pencil holds enough graphite to draw a line about 35 miles long or to write roughly 45,000 words
kvmE TIL in 2006, David Copperfield used slight of hand to trick armed robbers into believing he had nothing even though he was carrying his passport, wallet, and cellphone.
peOO TIL in 1933, a Japanese School Girl committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. This act started a bizarre trend in Japan, and in the following year 944 other people (804 men and 140 women) leapt into the same crater.
nWNmG TIL that until at least 1684 some promising boy trebles were pressed into the service of the Chapel Royal choir just like recruits were pressed into the Royal Navy.
QJJM6 TIL that 666 is not actually the number of the beast - it's 616.