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TIL that roughly 67% of the earth is under cloud cover at any given point of time.

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Wk4G9 TIL what about progressive JPEG. A method of compressing and loading images on the Web
rPjW TIL that New England is the least religious region of the US, despite its Puritan past
7rjWP TIL waffle cones, reclining chairs, and playgrounds were all popularized in America as a result of the tuberculosis epidemic of the early 1900s.
xV6lB TIL that on this day (11/13) in 1947, the Soviet Union completed development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
mxpbv TIL HBO's Watchmen inspired Oklahoma's Dept. of Education to add the Tulsa Race Massacre into statewide curriculum