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TIL that skateboarding was banned in Norway from 1977 to 1989

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kOegm TIL our subconscious brain uses height as a measurement to determine social status and authority. That’s why CEOs of big companies tend to be taller than average people. Surveys have uncovered that almost 90% of CEOs were above 6”00 (Fortune 500 CEOs are 6”2 on average)
DZoY TIL that caribou is simply the North American name for reindeer.
wL9n8 TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priest
8Om4 TIL a container of 4.8 million legos was knocked into the Atlantic 19 yrs ago. People are still finding them.
E1PRp TIL that chickens are omnivorous and will eat from grass to insects to large rodents, even each other if they get too hungry.