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TIL The average depth of the ocean is 12080 feet, or over 2 miles deep.

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WPKY TIL:In China, toilet paper theft is such a big problem that someone created facial recognition software that makes you stare a computer in the eye for toilet paper dispensing. 1 Piece per person.
69rgW TIL in 2005, Microsoft was in talks to acquire spyware developer Claria. During this time, Microsoft started telling users to ignore Claria products, which was a change from Microsoft's original recommendation of removing them.
XOLE TIL Bryan Adams’s hit “Summer of ‘69’” is not about the year, but about the sexual position.
5VBbP TIL According to the American Dental Association, 25.4% of people suffer from a gap between their front two teeth. Diastema, the most common form, can be due to differences in the size of the teeth or the jawbone
m1LVR TIL that an $80 Windows program sold in 1995 claimed to double your system’s RAM. Researchers found that it just changed a system setting users could change for free, and reported false system information to the user. After an FTC settlement, buyers got a $10 refund.