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TIL that Peter Capaldi and Craig Ferguson were in a punk band together

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yrwV TIL that a 2013 study revealed that viewers begin to abandon a streaming video if it fails to load within two seconds. Each additional second of delay results in a 5.8% increase in the abandonment rate
vPyrR TIL 96% of the mass of mammals on earth are us and the livestock we’ve domesticated as well as 70% of all birds on earth are domesticated poultry, mostly chickens.
wLJgJ TIL the US has 727M barrels of oil hidden in underground salt caverns
gn9X TIL that men and women’s clothes are buttoned on opposite sides because in high society, men generally dressed themselves whereas women were dressed by servants. Reversing the buttons on women’s clothes made the job faster and easier.
pYOM4 TIL - in 2015, Volkswagen sold more currywurst (sausages) than cars. The sausages are branded with a stamp that says “Volkswagen original parts” in German (“Volkswagen Originalteil”)