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TIL in the USA there are more sex offenders who are registered at age 14 than at any other age.

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OGb8a TIL there are two different types of Pyrex: PYREX (capital letters) is borosilicate, which is subjectively better but no longer made in the US, and pyrex (lowercase letters) which is soda-lime glass.
5V0Yp TIL the popular fact "your blood vessels put together is long enough to go around the Earth 2.5 times (100,000 kms)" is false, as the numbers used by the first scientist to study this were way off. The actual length is only around 9000-19000 kms based on an updated study.
XBAk TIL: You don’t have to be an attorney to be considered for appointment to the SCOTUS
P1L1g TIL that Olivia Wilde‘s birth name is Olivia Jane Cockburn
7X7b TIL that an encyclopedia company gave away tracts of wasteland to buyers of their whole set. This backfired when the lots at Huntington Beach were found to contain large oil reserves.