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TIL 96 Percent of Americans use automatic cars while 80 Percent of Europeans use manual

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GARb4 TIL On the morning of 27 August 1883, on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa, a volcanic eruption produced pressure waves that went around the Earth three and a half times, being heard as far away as Australia and Mauritius.
wQb8 TIL that a survey in the early 1990s revealed that Mario was more recognizable to American children than Mickey Mouse.
e0Kwg TIL that global extreme poverty has declined dramatically, but the overwhelming majority of people think it hasn't.
gb9A TIL the US navy simulated a naval battle against the Iranian navy and lost… Badly.
4vXa TIL there is a class above the upper class called the TOP class (aka old money), whose behavior varies from the typical wealthy person with unspoken codes between members (based on Paul Fussell’s book).