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TIL you can calculate the radius of the Earth using just a stopwatch.

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DQDe TIL while accepting the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1976, Paul Simon thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. Wonder had won the award in 1974 and 1975, and would win it again 1977
oBrxo TIL "Under God" was not in the US pledge of allegiance until 1954, and "In God We Trust" was not on US money until 1956. Both were added by Dwight Eisenhower.
noZW TIL as much as 70 percent of the Chinese population is nearsighted……………
PYAxJ TIL Giant Pandas are not evolutionary deadends. Humans are just destroying their habitats faster than they can adapt.
BrXGy TIL the equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).