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TIL The average number of stars we can see with the naked eye is around 10000. This number is only the 0.000004% of all stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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xVv50 TIL there are more libraries than McDonald's in the United States, and over half of adults have library cards
6EA7l TIL a man in England accidentally blew up his parents’ house after he knocked on a stove’s control, which burned a clothes basket, which then lit a grocery bag on fire and caused an aerosol can of deodorant to explode, resulting in £20,000 ($26,182) in damages.
gEo8 TIL Elon Musk doesn’t patent any of SpaceX’s technology because their only competition is China, and China ignores patent’s.
d8Dvr TIL the Sami languages of Norway, Sweden and Finland, have as many as 300 different words for types of snow, tracks in snow, and conditions of the use of snow.
Nk46 TIL Habitual mouthbreathing can cause crowding of the teeth and drastically change the shape of your face.