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TIL only 8% of the world's currency exists in physical form. The rest exists only on a computer

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kO4pE In Norway, there sits a literary time capsule that is slowly filling with the unread manuscripts of the world’s best authors.
oOeR TIL that there was a Soviet Submarine that sank with 34 warheads aboard. Those warheads are no longer there.
a8EAL TIL that while men and women have the same average IQ, men’s IQ curve has a wider distribution while women have a narrower distribution. So men tend to have more geniuses and more idiots while women tend to be closer to the average.
dp0r TIL to “brace for impact” you should place your head on, or as close as possible to, the surface it is most likely to strike… not between your knees
D1orD TIL Mt. Everest guide Scott Fischer claimed, "We've got the Big E figured out, we've got it totally wired. These days, I'm telling you, we've built a yellow brick road to the summit." Fischer and 7 others were killed in a blizzard on Mt. Everest, and his body is still on the mountain.