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TIL that more people have stood on the moon than have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon

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m1m9P TIL that most scissors are suited for righties and tend to fold up paper rather than cut it when used by lefties.
b9QvQ Today I learned that Borges, Neruda and Nabokov were the losers of the controversial 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature which was awarded to Soviet novelist Mikhail Sholokov.
xVR7B TIL that daily or weekly streak doesn’t motivate people to continue doing something once it’s discontinued. Rather, it’s better to show the total number of days that you did something since the number will never be decreased and never demotivate users.
vMBx TIL the clitoris remained “undiscovered” until 1559, when an Italian anatomy professor, Realdo Colombo, documented its existence in his book, De Re Anatomica.
e0jQ5 TIL that from 1908-1940, Sears sold home kits where you could order a home from their catalog, have the materials shipped to you and build it yourself. The homes ranged from $900-$5,000.