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TIL that one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce eye strain while working on a computer is to follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break to look at something 20 feet away.

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QJZVM TIL of the Dingo Fence- A 5614 km (3488 mile) fence built in the 1880s to keep Dingos out of South East Australia. The fence is one of the longest structure in the world and is still up today.
ZpZGR TIL of former Governor's Councilor Herbert Connolly, who in 1988 arrived to the polls too late to cast a ballot for himself and lost by a single vote.
jNmJa TIL the practice of “topping out”, a ceremony symbolizing the completion of a building or its skeleton, dates back over a thousand years and is celebrated worldwide.
X0V1Q TIL the estimate of the Earth’s tree population, published in Nature, exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way.
4oJw TIL that Einstein was stopped so much in public, he would reply, “Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.”