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TIL that in 1970, there were half as many people in the world as there are now.

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X0g1E TIL the number of Indian seamen employed on UK ships was so great that the British tried to restrict this by the Navigation Acts in force from 1660, which required that 75 percent of the crew of a British-registered ship importing goods from Asia had to be British.
1aJN7 TIL that Neil Armstrong carried a piece of the Wright Flyer with him to the Moon.
b6n0Q TIL that the farm that had been in James Camerons family for 170 years and that he grew up spending summers on, is proposed to become the same type of Mega Quarry as seen in Avatar.
EgQOo TIL after that near-default in 2011, the plunging stock market vaporized $2.4 trillion in household wealth, which took time to rebuild, and cost taxpayers billions in higher interest payments
X8l6 TIL Fatburger has the hypocrite burger,vegan patty with bacon.