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TIL Opossums can climb brick walls

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l7vLV TIL that whilst accounting for only 4.2% of the earth's population, The United States controls 31.5% of the planet's wealth.
9wBR7 TIL that there are small groups in Britain and France trying to revive the early medieval Celtic Church via the Syriac (Middle Eastern) rites. At one point in the ‘60s, the so-called “Celtic Orthodox Church” had “ten bishops and two to three lay followers”.
kOgGm TIL Late piano virtuoso Glenn Gould spent only 10% of his time at the keyboard in the studio and the rest working on the recordings itself by editing, splicing and supervising the record to achieve the best, absolute and note-perfect version of his playing.
0w9g5 TIL that images from NASA's Lunar Orbiter in the '60s where hi-def even by today standards, but were published as grainy and low-res to hide US spying capabilities
LQ6av TIL ancient Andeans figured out how to freeze-dry potatoes as a hedge against crop failure