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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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jN6WR TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for days afterward. The researchers never again did such a thing.
Y791B TIL the Summer Olympic Games featured fine arts competitions from 1912 until 1948. Artists could compete in the categories of architecture, painting, sculpture, literature and music.
rLR4 TIL Jared from Subway ran a business where he’d rent pornography out of his dormroom at Indiana University. The endeavor became so successful that the only place he had time to eat at was the Subway that opened on the 1st floor of the building.
YpP9r TIL the chocolate Bars in WW2 had the same caffeine content as most energy drinks. These chocolate bars were encouraged for all the troops.
WKrA TIL that the CPU of the Game Boy Color ran at 4.19 MHz. In comparison, a modern day i7 7700k desktop processor runs at 4.2 GHz.