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TIL that Nike controls over 90% of the basketball shoe market

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6EG1l TIL Scientific evidences show direct link between poor understanding of the physical world - and paranormal and religious beliefs
9QYQ TIL that during WWII, a German pilot spotted an American pilot’s crippled plane in the sky. Tailing it, he noticed that gunner was dead, crew injured, and they posed no threat. Instead of destroying the plane, he led it to safety. 40 years later, the two pilots reunited.
78pnL TIL in Finland long-distance trains have sections for people travelling with pets, with a seat next to the passenger and compartments for night travel.
1xYX TIL that the first person to break the Enigma code was actually a Polish man in 1932 named Marian Rejewski, whose work also helped jump start English efforts against the upgraded WWII version of the Enigma.
RQn8 TIL that in your lifetime, you are statistically bound to breathe in one molecule of air that’s been breathed by every other human throughout history