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TIL: The Mercator projection creates increasing distortions of size as you move away from the equator (the Greenland problem). Greenland appears to be the same size as Africa, yet Africa's land mass is actually fourteen times larger.

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P1jL TIL that despite the fear projected by mass media, virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved parents who poisoned their own children’s candy.
ZpAwR TIL British golfer Matt Fitzpatrick has charted every single golf shot he has hit since he was 15 years old.
EgDpp TIL that the Wright Brothers' first patent wasn't for their airplane. It was for the system of controls they built to control their airplane.
DONe TIL that Abraham Lincoln was once called “two-faced” in a debate, and replied with “If I had two faces, do you think I’d be wearing this one?”