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TIL Glitter can cause blindness.
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TIL 1996 U.S. Cables have detailed how the Saudi Royal Family members received stipends up to $200,000-$270,000 a month, and when a US embassy economics officer visited the office responsible for the distribution, he described it as a place “bustling with servants picking up cash for their masters.”
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TIL an iphone would cost around $2000 if manufactured entirely in the United States
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TIL in 2022 a bar-tailed godwit flew 8,430 miles (13,560 km) non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania in 11 days and 1 hour, setting a new world record for a bird non-stop fly time.
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TIL a technique called “circular breathing” allowed a saxophone player to hold an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds.
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TIL Paul Newman was so embarrassed by his film debut he put out an advertisement in Variety magazine apologizing for his performance