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TIL UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video

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5VAEp TIL the youngest person to ever be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease was only 19 years old, with initial symptoms beginning at 17.
8evDG TIL US Army’s 113th Military Intelligence unit used fake pizza deliveries to spy on reporters and politicians in the 1960s
5Vrkk TIL in the song 76 Trombones from The Music Man, the significance of the number of instruments is the number of identical instruments it takes to double the decibel output of one.
QLBk TIL in 1950, Pope Pius XII confirmed there was no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, and the Church supports the idea of theistic evolution.
mx78P TIL "Perfidious Albion" is a pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations diplomacy to refer to alleged acts of diplomatic sleights, duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity by monarchs or governments of the UK in their pursuit of self-interest.