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TIL Will Smith actually has a home in Bel-Air

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5YVM8 TIL despite nearing extinction in the 1950s due to DDT use, bald eagles haven't been an endangered species for over 20 years.
JYNrm TIL: A typical kitchen sponge has about the same bacterial density per cm as an average human stool.
neXoB TIL in 1971 Juliane Koepcke’s plane was struck by a lightning and broke up over the rainforest. She fell 3.2km (10000 feet) and survived. Despite having a broken collar bone and being extremely short sighted because she lost her glasses, the 17 years old girl survived for 11 days alone until rescued
neWmG TIL that there exists a space nation named 'Asgardia', which recently launched its maiden satellite.
B5xy TIL There was a 20 year patent on mini games during loading screens that recently expired last year. This is why all loading screens aren’t interactive and usually only contain flavour or lore text.