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TIL 5,200 tons of space dust falls on Earth every year

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N4NQ TIL that in the US men make up 92% of workplace deaths
VMv7D TIL that the first color 3-D feature film from a major studio was House of Wax in 1953, which was directed by Andre DeToth, who only had one eye
4xON TIL: A cat’s purr at 26 hertz promotes tissue regeneration and influenced the US space program
PY7eJ TIL As a child, as an alternative to a teddy bear, Jane Goodall's father gave her a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee - which started her early love of animals. Today, Jubilee still sits on Goodall's dresser in London.
M7K5W TIL about “Franco’s hajj”. A program instituted by the fascist dictator of Spain General Francisco Franco to sponsor Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in a bid to court the Islamic World. The program lasted for several decades.