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TIL “Sonder” refers to the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, routines, worries and inherited craziness in which you might appear as an extra sipping coffee in the background or as a lighted window at dusk.

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0wYbR TIL that English is the most efficient language
GmO4 TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the “mile high club”. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolates, champagne, and a curtain.
YpBEP TIL of “The Hum” in which a small percentage of people around the world can hear a constant low pitch hum-like noise.
x6L5D TIL that the corporate takeover of American politics began in 1971 when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Lewis Powell, a corporate attorney, to draft a memo on the state of the country. His memo argued that American business was "under broad attack" from consumer, labor and environmental groups.
koxe TIL night vision is always green because the human eye can see more shades of green greater than any other colour.