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TIL 30% of world's smokers are Chinese

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Zpyap TIL During El Nino events there is less planetary angular momentum and days are slightly longer due to the mass of the atmosphere.
OoKM7 TIL Richard the Lionheart, King of England, barely spoke a lick of English and collectively only spent about 6 months in England.
R7EJw TIL the original Jake from State Farm actually worked at State Farm as an insurance agent. He was replaced in 2020 as the company thought the role was "best filled by a professional actor." He appeared in a cameo in the updated commercial.
6gyl TIL female hyenas have eliminated rape by growing their reproductive organ into a pseudo penis that is impossible to penetrate without consent
XYb6 TIL there is a galaxy-eating fireball 3 MILLION lightyears in diameter and hotter than the center of our Sun out there.