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TIL that the Elvish language in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and 'The Lord of The Rings’ is based on Finnish.

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4YN TIL 96% of the U.S. Population lives within 20 miles of a Wal-Mart
dKQB TIL A Roman trading ship from the time of the Caesars was discovered off the coast of Italy, in such good condition that some of the food may still be preserved inside the storage jars.
8OwG TIL sixty years ago, 10–20% of the Chinese population was short-sighted. Today, up to 90% of teenagers and young adults are.
pYjdb TIL that sexual inactivity among young adults in the US has doubled in just 14 years. In 2010, 12% of 18-to-29-year-olds reported having no sex in the past year; by 2024, that figure had risen to roughly 24%.
R7JD8 TIL: That Anthropologist Rudolf Martin discovered there are actually 16 different eye colors and created the "Martin Scale", which was then expanded to 20 different eye colors, called the "Martin-Schultz Scale".