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TIL it costs less than a dollar to charge your phone all year

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m1V9x TIL that the length of a minute has varied throughout history. In ancient Babylon, a minute was equal to just 1/70th of an hour, and in ancient Egypt it was 1/100th of an hour. The length of a minute was finally standardized to 60 seconds in 1800s. (They also modeled it after how long my ex lasted)
YVx TIL that the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty concluded around 1259 BCE is the oldest written treaty that still survives today
d8LMK TIL: Blood types evolved over time with A being the oldest in pre-humans and with B, O, and AB evolving starting about 5 million years ago.
Z8keR TIL that Venus could have had habitable conditions for billions of years. Long enough for life to have developed.
YMPP TIL Since Discovered, Pluto has not completed its orbit around the sun. (It takes 248 years to complete its orbit)