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TIL Americans consume 80% of the world’s pain pills.

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v7d8 TIL that a gene mutation allows a very small number of people to naturally sleep four hours per night, with no effects on mental or physical health. This would be evolution.
XNAE TIL that after seeeing Elvis play at a concert in 1957, 15 year old Jimi Hendrix became a lifelong fan, during the concert itself he wrote down the entire line-up of songs he heard Presley sing that night and would play Elvis songs for his friends as an adult.
Eb1p TIL that the first instance of Telephone hold music was a mistake that was caused by a loose piece of wire touching a metal girder at a factory. It turned the building into a giant radio antenna that would play music from a next-door radio station when people were put on hold.
oa1A TIL - Starting with an old cell phone a friend gave him, a 17-year-old used Craigslist to trade up 14 times over two years and eventually end up with a Porsche Boxster
dDXe9 TIL: Regina Hall (Brenda from the "Scary Movie" franchise) wanted and tried to become a Catholic Nun in 2010, but was rejected by the order.