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TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years

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Q8Wp TIL that the U.S has less than 5% of the worlds population yet nearly 25% of the worlds prison and jail population
Lwnr TIL Kit Harington didn’t know his name was actually Christopher until the age of 11. Having gone by Kit since he was born.
4XWa TIL that metallic smell from old pennies and keys is actually just the smell of sweat from our bodies reacting with the metal, not the metal itself.
epMvJ TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.
e0wRJ TIL roughly 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea every year. Most end up on the ocean floor, while a few end up washing ashore.