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

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ANQna TIL that Bertha Mulvihill a survivor of the titanic had written stuff like: “What time did you hear of the disaster? I AM SO GLAD I WAS IN IT… The scene was awful. Don’t think me mad to be happy to witness the sight… I am awfully happy-like the night I was born-never felt happier in my life”
nWEBb TIL the "Aztecs" never referred to themselves as that. They called themselves the Mexica (Me-SHEE-ka). The modern use of "Aztec" was coined by a Prussian Scholar in 1810, and derives from a term meaning "people from Aztlan", a mythical place of origin for several ethnic groups in central Mexico.
xDew TIL the average length of a freight train in the US is 2000 metres / 1.25miles long
xVPlb TIL that in 2007, Ohio proposed issuing specially marked license plates to sex offenders, similar to those already used for DUI offenders.
0w7pA TIL about C.V. Wood, one of the chief designers of Disneyland and who helped secure funding through corporate sponsorships. He was actually fired three months after the park opened after Roy Disney caught him embezzling and he took his expertise to build other theme parks such as Six Flags.