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TIL that around 80% off all products sold in United States and the EU are packaged in cardboard.

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0w1Wj TIL that viewing the Earth from outer space is purported to make you a more empathetic and amicable person, a phenomenon called the "Overview effect"
loDar TIL that the Azerbaijani village of Qırmızı Qəsəbə is the world's only all-Jewish town outside Israel and the USA, and is considered to be the world's last surviving shtetl. Alongside Azerbaijani and Russian, residents also speak Judeo-Tat, the traditional language of the Mountain Jews
DdxP TIL the GDP of the 48 poorest nations in the world (a quarter of the worlds countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
PYyoJ TIL: A Man saves a drowning boy from a River, 30 Years after saving the same boys farther
dXEQ TIL certain Panera Bread cafés are “pay-what-you-want” for food.