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TIL the density of Phobos, the larger and closer moon of Mars, suggests 25-35% of its volume is empty space

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oRvoo TIL A report about American fast food consumption concludes people actually eat more fast food as their income levels go up
8aVWG TIL that part of what makes The Exorcist so scary are the sound effects, which are meant to trigger primal fear in the viewer. The designer used animal sounds throughout the film, including a swarm of bees.
P1boe TIL The American B-1 Lancer bomber, nicknamed the "Bone" (from B-one), had a proposed variant in 2004 called the B-1R, or "Boner"
dDZRQ TIL that the top seven US currency demonimations in circulation, based on volume, are: $100, $1, $20, $5, $50, $10, and $2. For instance, in 2021, there were 17.7 billion $100 bills, but only 1.4 billion $2 bills.
Rrj6 TIL Steve Jobs was the “anonymous party” that sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock in 1997 causing Apple to hit a 12-year low in stock price. That event lead to a boardroom coup of CEO Gil Amelio and placed Steve Jobs as new CEO of Apple.