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TIL that there is no completely average human, When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages

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yWol TIL there’s a teddybear in every Dutch police car, in case something troubling happens to a child.
8aX5K TIL that only 15% of Americans can read at a University Bachelor’s degree level, with most people reading at a 7th to 8th grade level.
MeKRV TIL when the New York Jets played the Miami Dolphins in London in 2015, the team had 350 rolls of American toilet paper shipped to England on the recommendation of an intern who said British toilet paper was too thin.
8aa4 TIL high heels were originally worn by men in the Near East because it helped to keep their feet in a horse’s stirrups
mxmXo TIL the Waters & Sons firm in 1868 developed a process for making boats out of paper. At the peak of their popularity, they built simple single-person boats to a 45-foot "pleasure barge," which could comfortably seat 23 people. In 1875 they became the "largest boat factory in the United States."