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

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xVkO0 TIL that time seems to speed up as we get older because each year we live is a smaller percentage of the total amount of time we’ve been alive. It’s called proportional theory.
87k8 TIL Norwegian Public Television station NRK is famous for airing utterly boring programming, such as a 12-hour live log-burning show and a 5-hour knitting special. The programming, known as “Slow TV”, reportedly achieves decent ratings
NOe6 TIL there is a hotel in Japan that opened in 705 AD and has been operated by 52 generations of the same family to this day
QwwE TIL Taco Bell is one of Americas healthiest fast food chains.
4PVN TIL That women’s shirts have buttons on the left because upper class women would be dressed by mostly right handed servants but men’s shirts button on the right because they would draw their swords with their right hand.