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TIL that contrary to popular belief, "kids these days" are actually becoming more patient, better at receiving delayed-gratification, and smarter compared to kids born 50 years ago!

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GYd1Q TIL Earth's largest waterfall is... underwater. In the Denmark Strait, a warm sea collides with a cold sea, pushing the colder water over a very tall ridge — for nearly TWO MILES (3.2km). That's almost 4x longer than the biggest waterfall on land! From the surface, you wouldn't notice at all.
DrYV TIL We spend up to 47 percent of our waking lives letting our minds wander.
jNV4R TIL that the Pantheon in Rome was built in 126 AD and was the Largest dome in the world for more than 1,755 years until 1881 and is still the largest un-reinforced solid concrete dome in the world today.
rroW TIL there is a farm in the middle of Kansas to which 600 million IP addresses are registered due to a glitch in the IP mapping software which maps them close to the geographical centre of the USA.
EBpx TIL Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt and gave the patent away to save lives.