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TIL That African Time is a real thing. Instead of being a Time Zone, it is a perceived cultural tendency, in most parts of Africa, toward a more relaxed attitude to time.

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N7XW1 TIL drivers in NYC spend an average of 107 hours per year searching for parking at a cost of $2,243/driver in wasted time, fuel and emissions
Egyy7 TIL a 2013 study in the US, involving 138 women and 98 men aged 18-36 years old, found that only 38.4% of women and 20.4% of men were able to correctly identify the vagina on a diagram of the female anatomy.
DQB1e TIL In 1925 a Norwegian invented special cheese slicer called Ostehøvel. It was so controversial that many people created bins captioned "Throw your cheese slicer here!"
x6jeb TiL that aluminium drink cans are on average, recycled ever 60 days. Good work guys.
ew7b TIL the 100,000th U.S. Patent was a Horse Sun Bonnet.