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TIL the idea that house dust is mostly composed of dead skin is a complete myth

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1m6r TIL a time capsule was buried in Sir Frederick Banting Square, on the scientist’s 100th birthday, Nov. 14, 1991. Banting was part of a team that received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the isolation of insulin. The time capsule will be opened once a cure for diabetes has been found.
XE7eP TIL that only around 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, compared to 1950, where 50% knew how to read Braille. This is due to a shortage of teachers to teach it and more reliance on technology as well as Braille being seen as outdated.
EGjw TIL that the Andromeda galaxy is larger than the moon in the sky, but it is usually too dim to see.
bQ09 TIL Michael Jackson admitted to lifting the bass line for “Billie Jean” from Hall and Oates’ “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”
4krxN TIL Tug of war was featured at the Summer Olympics 1900 to 1920.