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TIL albums are always released on Tuesdays in the US, and no one really knows why

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N7awN TIL Your central air systems works more efficiently, and saves more money, with interior doors open, not closed.
wgD7 TIL that at around 5PM EST is when the greatest proportion of the world is sleeping (55-60%)
GALJg TIL that Tuvalu announced plans as the first country in the world to build a digital replica in the metaverse to preserve its cultural heritage.
GY495 TIL that up to 90% of Asian schoolchildren are nearsighted
A7ad TIL in 1973, a Libyan passenger jet having navigational problems wandered into Israeli airspace. When 2 Israeli F-4s intercepted the jet and instructed the crew to land, they refused because of bad Libyan-Israeli relations at the time. The jet was then shot down, killing 108 people.