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TIL why we use QWERTY keyboards. Mechanical typewriters would jam if people hit the keys too quickly, so they had to put the common letters far apart from each other and QWERTY was created to slow typists down.

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6EyK8 TIL Qian Xuesen was a Chinese scientist/colonel in the US army partially responsible for helping America go to space. But because of racism, he was deported to China. He was the father of Chinese rocketry and is one of the reasons why China is a world power today with ICBMS.
Rm9l TIL that Deadpool has a sidekick. Bob, agent of Hydra, joined Hydra for a steady job and dental plan. He has no superpowers or combat training and Deadpool brings him on dangerous missions for his own amusement.
ZaBp TIL An Air Canada flight took a detour to find a stranded Australian yacht. The passengers of the Boeing 777 found the yacht only 25 minutes after the distress beacon was activated.
eppwL TIL that the average human excretes 6,500 gallons of mucus in a lifetime.
xVNKb TIL that Panasonic (Matsushita Electric) carried out a study to deduce the best target for men to aim at while peeing. Aiming right at the centre of the water mass resulted in a reduction of the amount of splashing by about a third compared to other parts.