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TIL That In 2050, Half of the Worlds population Will Be Nearsighted, Researchers expect eyesight to worsen across the globe thanks to more screens and less time outdoors.

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Lk5a0 TIL That Haribo green gummy bears are actually strawberry flavored
wNjJ TIL at age 16, Queen Anne of Romania fled from the Nazi Germans in 1939 and eventually escaped to the US. She attended college in NY and worked as a sales assistant at Macy’s department store. In 1943, she volunteered for military service in the French Army, where she received the Cross of war
xVW9o TIL that white truffle hunters are extremely secretive about their business. They park their cars miles away from their hunting sites at ungodly hours along with their dogs which they protect with their lives. Not even the family members are let in on the secret.
X0pdk TIL Some schools in the US use "clip charts" in school to discourage poor behaviour
6wJ8 TIL that Mexican Coke is actually brewed, with cane sugar, in mexico with the intention to be exported. However, Mexicans still consume corn syrup flavored coke, also brewed in Mexico.