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TIL there is a direct correlation between grip strength of older people and their overall body strength

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GAWNG TIL Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the USA. It contains 29 buildings and 3,142 units for 7,000 people.
VBAZD TIL that Panama hats may take a master weaver up to 8 months to produce, at a price of $200. The best hats can sell outside of Ecuador for 50x what the weaver is paid
lor4K TIL that the 2015 Internet phenomenon "The Dress" revealed differences in human colour perception, which have been the subject of ongoing scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science
dKEd TIL Time passes in the Judge Dredd comic in real time, so as a year passes in real life a year goes by in the comic. The first Dredd story, published in 1977, was set in 2099, and stories published in 2013 are set in 2135.
Bggdr TIL that dozens of "ghost ships" wash up on the Japanese coast every year, believed to be North Korean fishing vessels lost at sea