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TIL that the entirety of the world’s population(6.7 billion in 2011) would be able to fit into a city the size of Texas if the population density was the same as New York.

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b9XRN TIL Business Insider ranks US only at 58th in list of countries in the world with the most freedom.
WkegN TIL: about The Axis of Evil, an anomaly in astronomical observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background that gives the location of Earth a greater significance than expected by chance. It appears to suggest that our solar system is the center of the entire universe.
K976 TIL there is a style of tattooing called Photoshop.
yVV5p TIL that an animals pupil shape is an indicator of that animal being the hunter (vertical or round) or the prey (horizontal).
4dea TIL David Kirwan, 24 from California, jumped into a hot spring, typically measured at 200°F (93°C) at Yellowstone after his dog escaped the truck and ran into the Celestine Pool, yelping. Several people tried to warn Kirwan off by yelling at him not to jump in, but he shouted “Like hell I won’t!”