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TIL that there are like 12 million full-time influencers in the US right now. That’s 7% of the American workforce.

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16A1O TIL about the Castle Bravo nuclear test in the Marshall Islands. The explosion was twice as big as expected, causing radiation burns and sickness to residents of nearby islands. They never received compensation by the US government.
jNkPn TIL if you would melt the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland, it could supply every single person on the Earth with a litre of water every day for 4.5 years.
loDeV TIL that 7-Eleven(formerly Southland Ice) got it's name to bring attention to them expanding their hours of operation to 7am-11pm.
kOlYW TIL Though the royal figures on modern playing cards do not represent actual people, names were assigned to them: Charlemagne (hearts), David (spades), Caesar (diamonds), and Alexander (clubs). The names of the queens — Judith or Judic (hearts), Pallas (spades), Rachel (diamonds), and Argine (clubs)
GAp5Q TIL Sucralose "splenda" in the gut creates Sucralose-6-acetate which is genotoxic and can break up DNA