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TIL that Chinese are almost twice as likely to believe in evolution as Americans (74% versus 42%).

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Vao8 TIL that the original version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” included the line “It may be your last.”
Wkr4N TIL Subway’s iconic “Five Dollar Footlong” was birthed in two little Subways inside of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
a87OL TIL James West in 1962 invented the transducer microphone. His invention accounts for 90% of all microphones sold today. He also had over 250 patents to his name.
LQEkZ TIL that the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Badwater Basin) points in the contiguous United States are located only 85 miles apart.
Pd6n TIL: Thirty-five percent of people are born without wisdom teeth. Experts believe they will eventually be gone.