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TIL Costco sells $400 million of toilet paper a year. It is often their best selling product.

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VMQkB TIL the Nation of Islam believes that white people were made by a black scientist named Yakub 6600 years ago. Whites were exiled to Europe, lived in caves, and were eventually drawn out by Moses. Moses tried to civilize them, but he gave up and blew up 300 of the worst with dynamite.
78RpX TIL: Older women laugh a bit less than younger women, but older man laugh just as often
xG6g TIL Mao promised that Chinese steel production would surpass England and overtake America. As a result, many Chinese children born in 1958 and 1959 were named “Chaoying” (“Surpass England”) and “Chaomei” (“Overtake America”).
R5ab9 TIL about Effective Altuism. Effective altruism (EA) is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible". Popular priorities with EA include global health and to the survival of humanity over the long-term future.
l7Mnr TIL Of the estimated 208,874 tonnes of gold that has been mined throughout history, around two-thirds of it has been mined since 1950.