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TIL that Something by the Beatles and Layla by Eric Clapton are written about the same woman, Pattie Boyd

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nWxWW TIL that bioluminescence in fireflies is nearly 100 percent efficient, meaning little energy is wasted to produce their light.
W7eeY TIL that the United States Air Force along with the UN carpet bombed Korea for years, specifically targeting civilian structures, and destroyed ~85 percent of all buildings. It is estimated that 20 percent of the entire (north and south) population died as a result of the war.
jkOa TIL British researchers found a 60-year-old woman who has been unable to recognize voices, not even her own daughter’s. Unless she sees the face of the person speaking, she has no idea who is talking to her. After university research, she was found to recognize only one voice-that of Sean Connery.
xW8g TIL men’s and women’s clothes button on opposite sides due to historical tradition where men needed quick access to their weapon using their right hand, while wealthy women were dressed by servants with the button configuration being flipped for easier access by the servants
KadE TIL Teddy Roosevelt is the only U.S. President that is confirmed to have had a tattoo