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TIL 90% of all the scientists that have ever existed are alive today.

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E19EW TIL that pixel stands for picture element.
QNk8a TIL a lot of ancient Roman furniture we know about was preserved in cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. High temperatures carbonized the furniture rather than burning it, which left well preserved wooden objects
VBO8Q TIL “Don’t Mess with Texas” was created as part of a marketing campaign aimed at 16-24 yr old males to stop throwing their trash all over Texas.
lwX7 TIL that, in 2009, thousands of women in Kenya went on a seven-day sex strike in protest of political instability. The strike was successful and ended in peaceful talks, because, above everything else, sex matters the most.
rRrNy TIL first female boxer, first ever elevator & first black athlete to win Olympic gold