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TIL 40% of Americans believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and 25% of them don’t know the Earth revolves around the Sun

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j6B6a TIL that the TV show "Charlie's Angels" made its first three actresses big stars, especially Farrah Fawcett. She said, "When the show was number three, I figured it was our acting. When it got to be number one, I decided it could only be because none of us wears a bra".
1a0B4 TIL Winston Churchill was the 3rd great grandson of a Major in the Revolutionary War.
6aWW TIL having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking.
mx04p TIL that street dogs in several cities around the world have learned to efficiently nagivate human traffic, using crosswalks, following street lights, and even using public transport
9YdLp TIL of Pēteris Lapainis. A soldier who served in Russian imperial army, Soviet armed forces, Latvian army and German military. He fought in both world wars and received multiple high-ranking awards from each army he served. After second world war he spent 20 years in Soviet captivity.