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TIL 43% of Canadians would rather have bacon than sex.

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nerOb TIL Just before the SEGA Dreamcast was released, Sony announced the PlayStation 2 and exaggerated its performance capabilities in order to undercut the Dreamcast’s sales.
5mAp TIL the color of facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind
XE75X TIL The star of the First Season of The Bachelorette, Trista Sutter is still married to the man she picked in the finale 15 years ago. They now have 2 kids.
a8W50 TIL there are proposed plans to expand the US telephone system because the number of available new 3-digit area codes is expected to be used up by around 2050.
Y7GpZ TIL about Helios Flight 522. An engineer failed to set the pressurization system back to auto from manual, causing most (except 2 flight attendants) to lose consciousness. The auto-pilot reached Greece and stayed in a holding pattern until they ran out of fuel and crashed, killing all 121 onboard.