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TIL 70% of millionaires do not consider themselves “wealthy”

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NNQQ TIL that if you charge your smartphone every day for a year, it will cost you around 50 cents per year considering average electricity cost in the US.
awMky TIL in 2010, a plane crashed shortly before landing due to a smuggled crocodile escaping a passengers duffel bag. This sent all the scared passengers running to the front of the plane which threw the plane out of balance.
YpOLA TIL 'Assload' and 'Buttload' are actual defined units of measure--the former being the maximum load of a donkey (about 8 bushels), the latter a large cask with a volume of 491 liters/108 Imperial gallons.
l7ZAV TIL the founder of North Face, Douglas Tompkins, was killed in 2015 in a kayaking accident while traveling with long time friend Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, in Patagonia, Chile.
Bwdd TIL that during the MH370 missing plane coverage, CNN anchor Don Lemon asked a panel: ‘Is It Preposterous’ to Think a Black Hole Caused Flight 370 to Go Missing?