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TIL that 87% of the population of the United States is uniquely identifiable with only your zip code, date of birth, and gender.

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xV6l5 TIL that Missouri was the first US state to amend wildlife conservation into its constitution in order to prevent it from being easily repealed, by a state-wide referendum. 81 years later, the model Missouri uses for wildlife conservation is still a transnational standard.
JO94 TIL there is a condition called Situs Inversus in which all of your organs are exactly mirrored from a normal person’s.
6E9XQ TIL Italy's literacy rate did not cross the 50% threshold until the 20th century.
voNK TIL tired of having his album “Aqualung” called a “concept album”, Jethro Tull’s lead Ian Anderson composed the album “Thick as a Brick” with only one song called “Thick as a Brick”, with 42 minutes of duration
Z8yOp TIL that the most common and annoying injury astronauts suffer during spacewalks is traumatic fingernail loss, due to the material and internal pressure of their gloves.