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TIL 5% of the population is indifferent to music, showing no physical or emotional response.

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kOBo7 TIL Plastic waste can be converted into fuel - gasoline, diesel or kerosine - needing only 1 kw of electricity make 1 liter of oil. This means all the plastic choking sea life, polluting the ocean, and filling landfills could have been used to power cars and machinery.
awxy9 TIL Margaret Thatcher performed a short live sketch with "Yes Minister" actors portraying their characters Jim Hacker and Humphrey during an award ceremony, and Creator Jonathan Lynn thanked Thatcher "for taking her rightful place in the field of situation comedy."
rRJbo TIL the famous Las Vegas Black Book of persons excluded from entering casinos due to their history of excessive "winning" is now online.
JKWj TIL for over a decade teachers and principals in Atlanta erased wrong answers and filled in the right ones in students’ tests. At one school, the faculty held weekend pizza parties to correct answers before turning them in. Over the course of a single year, scores at the school jumped 45 percent.
9w0LG TIL Timor-Leste is the most Christian country in the world. Over 99.5% of its 1.4 million people identify as Christians.