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TIL Airline food tastes bad because the low humidity and pressurized environment numbs our taste buds.

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VMndD TIL about "False uniqueness bias," which refers to people underestimating the number of others who share their positive traits ("unlike most people, I exercise") and overestimating the number of people who share their negative traits ("everybody smokes").
R70Kj TIL that, if consumed, the average human body will yield 125,822 calories.
grKky TIL about the invariant right theory. This is the theory that most people will turn to their right when entering a store. It is theorized that people unconsciously favor turning right because most people are right handed.
69N07 TIL that the "Founder of Modern Egypt" was actually an Albanian by the name of Mohammad Ali, and he ruled over Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Mecca, and Medina at the peak of his power within the Ottoman Empire.
E6Xx TIL 24 out of the 56 countries and states of Africa are in a war or military conflict