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TIL the "Roman" in "Times New Roman" refers to the fact that the characters aren't italicized or bold

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rNJwy TIL that Mongolia,with a population of 3.5 million,is the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state and largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population.
N7va6 TIL as many as 55% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage -- most often before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant and that more than 80% of miscarriages occur within the first three months of pregnancy, mostly caused by chromosomal abnormalities.
D1MXr TIL that Betty Crocker was never a real person. She was created for a Gold Medal Flour ad in 1921. Shortly after the company decided to use the character to answer all the baking and cooking questions received by mail, as a woman was a more trusted source of baking information than an all male staff
69m0Y TIL there were different variations of The Simpsons opening theme because starting with season 2 they made 3 versions: the full 1-minute-15-second-long version, a 45-second and a 25-second. This gave editors a little extra flexibility to pad shorter episodes or add as much footage as possible.
wxO1 TIL that when you eat pineapple, it’s actually eating you back - pineapple’s Bromelain enzyme digests proteins, which is the reason for that tingly feeling on your tongue when you eat it.