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TIL there is a 1 in 71 chance that an asteroid will impact earth in 2073 - 2074

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XBLE TIL White Chocolate isn’t actually chocolate, as it is not made with any cocoa beans. It is actually made of cocoa butter, the fat from cocoa beans.
M7oQA TIL the most sadistic word in the English language: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
neWn7 The most popular artificial material on Earth isn’t steel, plastic, or aluminum — it’s concrete. Thousands of years ago, we used it to build civilizations, but then our knowledge of how to make it was lost. Here’s how we discovered concrete, forgot it, and then finally cracked the mystery of what makes it so strong.
XgDX TIL Pearl Jam sued Ticketmaster for creating a monopoly on ticket sales. Pearl Jam wanted to charge no more than $18.50 for tickets in ’94, with service fees of no more than $1.80. Ticketmaster balked, saying that it needed at least $2 in fees simply to cover its own costs.
7rNNr TIL Sharks have Two Penises