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TIL that in 2013 an app was created to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest.

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AvMl TIL The British built an SR-71 like aircraft made from steel mixed with titanium. It didn’t reach its full potential, but provided key research for the supersonic engines used in the much more successful Concorde airliner.
GAY4N TIL that Mark Cuban co-founded a company with the aim of making prescription drugs radically more affordable in the USA
xVVab TIL that an estimated one in four cowboys were black.
9YVNQ TIL of the 'Illusory truth effect', the tendency to believe information to be correct after repeated exposure. The illusory truth effect has played a significant role in such fields as election campaigns, advertising, news media, and political propaganda throughout world history.
yQLQe TIL “E pluribus unum” (Latin for "Out of many, one" and in use since 1776) was replaced by Congress in 1956 with “In God we trust” as the official motto of the USA.