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TIL: White people are only 6.5% of the world’s population

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oRopY TIL Alan Turing was known for being eccentric. Each June he would wear a gas mask while cycling to work to block pollen. While cycling, his bike chain often slipped, but instead of fixing it, he would count the pedal turns it took before each slip and stop just in time to adjust the chain by hand
xKAB TIL That on one of Richard Branson’s last days at school, his headmaster, told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.
ADG77 TIL That the first sci-fi story was arguably written in 2nd century Rome--it included space travel via a flying ship, battles between alien armies, and visiting various civilizations throughout the galaxy
d8NBQ TIL that Alma, Arkansas (self-declared "Spinach Capital of the World") has a giant, bronze Popeye statue in the middle of Popeye Park that was unveiled in 2007 during their annual Spinach Festival.
QJK8X TIL that Arkansas and Kansas are derived from similarly named Native American tribes, but Arkansas took the French spelling while Kansas used the English spelling. The "s" at the end of French words is usually silent. This is why the two almost identical words are pronounced differently.