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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China

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XEPOD TIL of an anxiety disorder called Agoraphobia which causes you to have extreme fear of places. If it’s severe enough, you may not even be able to leave your home. You may not be able to visit with family and friends, go to school or work, run errands, or take part in other normal daily activities.
5YXOB TIL about the Fermi Paradox, which states that given how large our universe is, evidence of alien life should have been found by now, leading some scientists to believe that alien civilizations have purposely been keeping us in the dark.
l4N TIL John Cena has granted over 250 Make-A-Wish foundation wishes, the most of any person in history.
j6xlN TIL Haiti is the only country that recognizes voodoo as a religion.
j6pdR TIL the great mathematician Leonhard Euler once believed the Earth was falling into the sun "where it would necessarily be burnt."