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TIL over 80% of the world have never flown on an airplane

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N7w6J TIL that plebeians from the Roman Empire abandoned the city in a form of protest, known as Secessio plebis, leaving the streets completely empty and the wealthy unable to enforce their power.
AD11B TIL In 1800 64% of jobs were agricultural, 22% industrial and 14% services, in 2012 it was 3%, 21% and 76% of services
ym48 TIL- Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum, the spores that cause Botulism. Because of this, infants under one year old should not eat honey as their gastrointestinal tracts are not developed enough to deal with the spores.
WkmEB TIL: Microsoft implemented an underwater datacenter, 117 deep into the seafloor. The datacenter was proven to be more reliable than the ones on land as it was isolated from humidity, temperature fluctuations and human accidents.
njaG TIL that chimps kill tortoises by thrusting a stick up the turtle’s ass. But they don’t eat them.