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TIL that humans spend 13% of their lives not focusing on anything in particular.

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J1nLm TIL the belief that the two disasters involving the De Havilland Comet were caused by square passenger windows is a myth. The two planes involved actually used rectangular windows with rounded edges; and the "square windows" is actually the square cut-out for the ADF Antenna above the cockpit.
K5Wa TIL that “ the most aggressive drivers on the road are men between the ages of 35 and 50 who drive blue BMWs”, a 2013 study found. Drivers are the most obnoxious at 5:45pm on Friday, then early Monday morning. Drivers of Land Rovers, Audis, and Subarus are also among the most aggressive.
4law TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
g40b TIL that most photocopiers and scanners can detect and refuse to scan currency, as well as Adobe Photoshop
D1JVY TIL that there is an island called Pheasant Island and it's owned by two countries. For the first six months of the year it belongs to Spain and for the other six to France.