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TIL Tony Stark owns Area 51 in the Marvel comics.

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neN67 TIL that half the DNA on the NYC Subway matches no known organism
yQPv8 TIL the LSD equivalent of 420 is called 'Bicycle Day' and is celebrated on April 19th. It commemorates the first time LSD's discoverer, Albert Hofmann, purposely took the drug as an experiment and had to be taken home by his lab assistant on a bicycle.
dDy0d TIL a study from Yale found that kids who watched 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' retained more information than children who watched 'Sesame Street.' They also had a higher 'tolerance of delay', meaning they were more patient
eJG4 TIL in 2014 a Chinese company built 10 one-story homes in 24 hours using 3D printing technology. Each 2,100 square-foot building costs less than $5,000 to construct. The builder hopes the company’s 3D-printing technology will one day be used to build skyscrapers.
6Eow7 TIL that the last president to send their children to the DC public school system was Jimmy Carter.