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TIL that “The Girl from Ipanema” is the second most recorded song ever.

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pYayO TIL that the longest recorded distance a paper airplane has flown is over 226 feet, achieved by a Japanese engineer in 2012
69myw TIL your metabolism doesn’t really slow down until after age 60
v1JR4 TIL one of the most well-known and robust hypotheses linking household income and ecology, the luxury effect, suggests that urban biodiversity, and plant diversity in particular, is positively correlated with neighborhood wealth. This is particularly pronounced in arid ecoregions and biomes.
waBM TIL advocating removal of the monarchy in the UK is officially punishable by life imprisonment.
OG9na TIL that Genetics account for up to 65 percent of tooth decay or other dental predispositions.