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TIL that women on birth control pills blink 32% more often than other women.

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4ke5J TIL that hot sand frying is a common culinary technique among street vendors in China and India for cooking chestnuts and peanuts.
7nrb TIL an ‘herb’ is the leaf or stems, and 'spice’ is the seed, bud, bark, root, or berry. So because we smoke the buds of marijuana and not the leaves or stems, it should euphemistically be called 'spice’ and not 'herb’.
5glB TIL that actor Ken Jeong (The Hangover) graduated high school at age 16, and had his medical degree by the age of 26.
oBd8E TIL Of the pareto principle also known as the 80/20 rule. Which states that for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. ex. Microsoft has noted that by fixing the top 20% of the most-reported bugs, 80% of the related errors in a given system would be eliminated.
DQmmY TIL the famous song "Singin' in the Rain" passed into public domain in the U.S. in January of this year.