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TIL that 90% of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a contract with Google to be Firefox’s default search engine

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DQO8v TIL a study found an inverse association between plain water consumption and depression: drinking less than two glasses daily increases depression risk significantly, while higher intake lowers it. Another study found children who drink around 10.5 cups per day show greater mental flexibility.
6EgBQ TIL Rainn Wilson of "the Office" initially auditioned for the role of Micheal. Instead he was offered the role of Dwight, demoting him to assistant to the regional manager before the show even began.
Kmy4 TIL thousands of Japanese-Americans served in the U.S. army as segregated unit (442nd) during WWII while their families were locked up in internment camps and became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
n9MW TIL The faces on Mount Rushmore will outlast Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the moon. Armstrong’s lunar print is there to stay for about 1 million years. The faces on Mount Rushmore will still be here on Earth for 6 million years after the footprint is gone.
Bgdny TIL the Weird Al song “Bob” is written entirely in palindromes (including the title). It was written in 2002 (a palindrome) and the nonsensical lyrics inspired him to make it a Bob Dylan parody.