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TIL that 16-20% of google searches each day have never been searched before

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X0kdE TIL that there have been 20 documented losses of the SR-71 spy plane
XEvl6 TIL Stanford University built a system that simulates a million neurons and runs on just 5W of power
jOxv TIL During Beijing 2008 Olympics opening ceremony, the little girl in red actually lipsynced to another girls recording because the girl who actually sang it was deemed not good looking enough.
Bg0Ye TIL about the Wallace Line, a geographical boundary that separates Asian mammals from marsupials of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. West of this line, no marsupials exist, but they thrive on the east side. At its smallest, there is a 22 mile gap between islands, separating the two mammal groups.
JOYB TIL There is an episode that consists entirely of the Hypnotoad. It’s 22 minutes long and ends with a voiceover saying “the audience will wake up remembering nothing and feeling refreshed.”