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TIL 99% of what the British Museum owns isn’t on display.

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Eg1Ld TIL that Enid Blyton is the most translated children's author, while Agatha Christie is the most translated author overall.
5gvn TIL that Eugenics was widely practiced in the United States, years before Nazi Germany, including forced sterilization, feeding of TB infected milk, and the consideration of gas chambers
rNEgM TIL in the 1960s, General Electric designed a portable astronaut escape pod made out of a plastic bag called MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest"). An astronaut would reenter Earth's atmosphere in a giant, foam-filled plastic bag
loxdK TIL giving birth on the back is the least recommended birthing position but is the most used in the US.
WkKNY TIL: In a promotional Volkswagon experiment, one randomized group of subway commuters was given the choice of regular stairs and the escalator while a second group could choose between musical "piano stairs" and an escalator. The piano stairs convinced 66% more people than normal to choose stairs.