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TIL New Zealand was undiscovered and COMPLETELY DEVOID of human beings no more than 800 years ago.

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YLLA TIL It’s believed kissing only developed 3,000 years ago in India. It was later popularized by the Romans.
wLmyo TIL there’s a man who makes his living off scouring the streets and sidewalks of New York’s diamond district for mini diamonds that are dropped during transport
4koao TIL almost 75 percent of the refrigeration and air conditioning sector can be converted to natural refrigerants, such as ammonia
moZY TIL that a Cornell University study found that a sample of bartenders poured over 20% more liquor into short, wide glasses than into tall, slender glasses. More experienced bartenders were better, but still poured over 10% more into the shorter glasses.
r6yM TIL that in 1902 Traian Vuia, a Romanian Engineer, designed his first flying machine, then presented his plan to the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1903, but was rejected with the comment: “The problem of flight with a machine which weighs more than air can not be solved and it is only a dream.”