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TIL 80 percent of American seafood is imported.

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XAy8 TIL that after being spot on for almost 50 years, Moore’s law — which predicts the computing power to double every other year — is expected to slow down for the first time next year.
p8NkZ TIL the original, ancient name for the 2nd largest pyramid in Egypt, the pyramid of Khafre, is "Great is Khafre".
awD5M TIL 25 years ago, a man began transforming his home village in India from one being destroyed by alcoholism and gambling to one obsessed with sobriety and chess. He started coaching people for free and now, of the 6,000 people in the village, at least 70% can play the game.
npXd TIL as an act of psychological warfare the US army planned to drop extra large condoms labeled as medium in the Soviet Union to demoralize the Soviets.
wo5P8 TIL there was a list of 164 songs that radio stations were not supposed to play immediately following the 9/11 attacks