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TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.

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XE7Kr TIL over a million people live in underground nuclear bunkers beneath the streets of Beijing.
DQJNv TIL “jamais vu” is the opposite of déjà vu ,it’s that weird feeling when something familiar feels brand new and alien for no reason.
VBplm TIL that if the entire observable universe were shrunk to the size of the earth (12000 km diameter), the earth would be about 180th of the size of an atom
xVkmk TIL the story of FedEx's founder, Frederick Smith, submitting his business plan as a term paper and receiving a failing grade with an admonition that it would never work, is a myth. He dimly remembers he got about a C, mostly because "it wasn't a well-thought-out paper."
GA1aG TIL that according to a 2014 study, the least-remembered presidents are Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, and Franklin Pierce.