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TIL 87% of Teenagers in the USA own iPhones

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GYGV7 TIL a Russian eagle named "Min" & 3 other eagles being tracked by scientists unexpectedly flew into Iran/Pakistan; the birds racked up so many out-of-network data roaming charges on SMS text transmitters that scientists had to take out a loan & ask for help on social media to pay off the phone bill.
X0eKR TIL: to clear land for logging in Canada, forestry workers, often students and junior rangers, spent weeks at a time as human markers holding red, helium-filled balloons on fishing lines while low-flying planes sprayed Agent Orange on the brush and the boys below. "We were saturated in chemicals"
D19bV TIL picking your nose and eating boogers is apparently good for you???
8evAa TIL that not only does the Mediterranean Sea have Great White sharks, but that historically they were some of the biggest every caught.
yV7X TIL that CDs were designed to fit 74 minutes of audio so Beethoven’s 9th would fit on one disc