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TIL the earliest known maps are of the stars, not the earth.

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9wQXG TIL something that is RECURRING happens over and over again, at regular intervals. In contrast, something that is REOCCURRING is simply happening again but not always repeatedly.
WZ18 TIL that NASA often shows the Hollywood movie “Armageddon” as part of its management training program and then asks its new staff to identify as many scientific inaccuracies as they can. There are at least 168 of them
YpDKv TIL For a 40 yo woman, the chance that annual mammograms give a false alarm is roughly 50/50 and the chance that the false alarm leads to unnecessary mastectomy is greater than the chance that a curable cancer is treated and prevents death. (1.1 vs. 0.16%).
P1mKZ TIL there are funeral services for animals, and you can choose whether you want the Christian or Buddhism style of the funeral
PYD0Z TIL in 2019 the average wealth per adult, globally, was $70,849.