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TIL the Average Costco customer makes six figures

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Km0w TIL Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has the most visual effects for any film, ever
Oxp6 TIL that due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and making ice cream.
ADveg TIL of the euphemism treadmill, the concept of language being phased out and replaced due to offensive connections. For example, moron and idiot were legitimate medical terms, but were phased out due to people using them as insults. They were replaced with retarded, which has also been phased out.
X9Ok TIL: There was a time millions of years ago when trees would die but not decompose. Forests would become massive areas of dead wood. These would catch fire and created staggeringly large fires. Much of the coal we consume today formed as a result of this period.
KYZ0Q TIL, unlike most birds, kiwis have horrible eyesight and are frequently prone to ophthalmological issues. As a result, they naturally rely so heavily on other senses that some have been found to have survived perfectly well albeit completely blind in the wild for years.