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TIL Mac users prefer bigger fonts than Windows users, because Apple doesn’t use ClearType font rendering technique (patented by Microsoft) that improves the readability of smaller fonts

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P1V5J TIL People with depression use language differently. They use significantly more first person singular pronouns – such as “me”, “myself” and “I”. Researchers have reported that pronouns are actually more reliable in identifying depression than negative emotion words.
XEe0j TIL that there are over 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe and that up until 1924, the common knowledge was that the milky way was itself the whole universe
rAg1 TIL that Mao Tse Tung didn’t brush his teeth and infected near 3.000 women by sexual relations, because he had trichomoniasis and genital herpes
loM5 TIL there is actually a species of genetically modified pig called “Enviropig”
Bopk TIL that FedEx Express is so committed to on time delivery, that they fly up to 5 empty airplanes per night. These flights are able to swoop in and take over for a broken airplane or take on excess cargo.