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TIL that there are roughly eight-hundred-quadrillion times more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than atoms on Earth

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x7P0 TIL Contrary to popular belief, the Egyptian Pyramids were not made by slaves but by paid laborers
gMeD7 TIL Los Angeles School district officials approved a porn video shoot on one of its campuses in October 2011. The shoot was uncovered in an NBC investigation on filming-related school disruptions, which nets the district $2 million annually. Three students were even invited to the film premiere.
1BQP TIL Alfalfa is a long lived perennial of up to 20 years and has a taproot that can reach over 20 feet. Because of this, the plant can absorb minerals well below a depleted topsoil and slow erosion.
gMyGW TIL of the Circle of Tchaikovsky, a group formed in 1868 to share knowledge and books that were banned in the Russian Empire, which included the first volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx. However, the circle opposed violent revolutions and believed fighting for political freedom was pointless.
gM04W TIL 80 to 90 percent of high school graduates in Singapore are myopic. The same is true in China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea— all places where kids now spend far more time hunched over a desk or computer than did previous generations. Half the world could need glasses by 2050