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TIL Michael J. Fox’s Middle Name is Andrew.

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ANYQ7 TIL there's an unexplained global effect called "The Hum" only heard by about 2-4% of the world's population. The phenomenon was recorded as early as the 1970s, and its possible causes range from industrial environments, to neurological reasons, to tinnitus, to fish.
N7GvQ TIL Fruit Loops don't have different flavors-they are ALL the same exact flavor.
epVen TIL the FDIC is a US government corporation created in 1933 that guarantees all customer deposits at US banks are protected in the event of a bank run or failure
7GXx TIL that a stockbroker named Nicholas Winton brought 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children to England, saving their lives. He refused to take credit for his deed until his wife found a scrapbook of the children that he saved and gave it to the BBC. He turns 104 this year.
jNLEa TIL that 21st century humans grow taller, and reach sexual maturity earlier than ever before in recorded history