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TIL of Moving Day in Quebec. Because of a previous law, the vast majority of leases in Quebec end on or around July 1. In July 2004, approximately 120,000 households moved, corresponding to 4% of the population. Moving companies work around the clock, with charges often being 3x normal rates.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 4:40 pm

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TIL about the Baghdad Batteries. In 1938 twelve jars with copper cylinders and iron rods were found in Iraq. The jars when combined with grape juice produce approximately 1 volt of electricity. It is hypothesized these were the first batteries ever created, over two thousand years ago.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 6:51 am

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TIL in a four year span, road debris caused more than 200,000 car crashes, resulting in approximately 39,000 injuries and more than 500 deaths in the US.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 4:23 pm

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TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 4:02 am

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TIL that in 2019, approximately 8 percent of all Mexican nationals resided in the United States

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 8:32 am

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TIL When AIDS patient Steve Pieterson was interviewed by Tammy Faye Baker on her program House Party With Tammy Faye he had a prognosis of approximately 6 months to live having been diagnosed in 1982. He’s still alive today.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL the average full-time worker earns approximately $2.7 million over their entire lifetime

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 1:38 pm

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TIL:Forest glass was produced in northwestern and central Europe from approximately 1000–1700 AD using wood ash and sand as the main raw materials and made in factories known as glasshouses.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 4:48 pm

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TIL that approximately 7.7% of men and 4.8% of women in the genral population have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: a mental illness characterized by grandiosity and a general lack of empathy.

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 6:30 pm

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TIL that Greenland sharks may live for over 500 years, making them longest-living vertebrate. They grow so slowly, that they reach their sexual maturity approximately at age of 150.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 8:26 am

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TIL that Genghis khan killed approximately 10% of the population, or 40 million people, during his lifetime.

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 3:53 pm

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TIL that approximately 2000 large ships have sank in the “Graveyard of the Pacific” and that at least 700 people have drowned.

by whatilearned April 18, 2022, 12:48 am

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