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TIL the selling of human hair extensions is a multi-billion dollar industry, and this common practice means there are tons of rich girls walking around wearing poor girls' hair.

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16wDr TIL that the Chevrolet Suburban is the only vehicle with a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star. Given for its appearance in nearly 2,000 movies since 1960.
9w4MG TIL: Electronic-sniffing Dogs exist, and are used by law enforcement to assist in electronic storage detection; detecting even the smallest of electronics such as microSD cards.
lonW1 TIL in 1976, a mule named Lord Fauntleroy beat 200 horses in the 3,500-mile Great American Horse Race. Along the way, Norton, the mule’s rider, would often stop to help other riders, beat everyone by 10 hours, and retired with the $25,000 prize while calling himself the “Great American Horseman.”
x6Ork TIL China only has one time zone
rR0KW TIL that the rate at which we process visual information slows down over time, and this is what makes time ‘speed up’ as we grow older.