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TIL that 54,000 tennis balls are used at Wimbledon each year.

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d8W7Z TIL that Icelanders look down upon public officials mentioning God in speech. Its use on national tv once horrified viewers, inciting fear of societal collapse rather than optimism.
ZKkR TIL David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, fought so hard to prevent FM Radio from succeeding that the inventor of FM Radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong, commit suicide because of emotional and financial distress…brought on by RCA lawsuits.
p8jLA TIL that q-tips are 100% biodegradable and can be composted. Just make sure to not compost them if you’re using them with something that can’t be composted (I.e. removing nail polish with acetone)
GAVrg TIL that Scots law has a third verdict, “Not Proven,” where there is belief that the defendant is guilty, but the Crown has not sufficiently proven guilt. Or, as in the popular saying “Not guilty, but don’t do it again.”
xVByo TIL of Sila Sutharat, a roadside vendor in Phetchaburi, Thailand, who for 20 years has used a grill made of 1,000 mirrors to focus sunlight to cook chicken and pork. A chicken cooks in about 12 minutes.