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TIL there are approximately 50 birds for every human on earth.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 4:58 pm

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TIL that the term “millionaire” was first used in the U.S. by Thomas Jefferson in 1786. That is equivalent to approximately $30M today.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 3:22 pm

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TIL that the fibonacci sequence can approximately convert miles to kilometers. Select any two adjacent numbers from the series e.g. 8 and 13. Assuming smaller number is in miles & larger number is in kilometers. 1 Miles = 1.60934 Kilometer, 8 Miles = 8 * 1.60934 = 12.8747 Km ≈ 13 Km, so 8M ≈ 13Km

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 7:12 pm

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TIL approximately 3% of the population has experienced psychosis

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 9:46 am

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TIL that the longest perfectly straight stretch of the U.S. interstate highway system is on I-80 between Lincoln and Grand Island, Nebraska and is approximately 72 miles (116 km) long.

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 1:58 pm

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You’ve gone back in time approximately 10,000 years and have the opportunity to write something in a cave that will ultimately be discovered in our timeline. What do you write?

by QuestionGuy August 18, 2022, 5:34 am

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TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of “Posidonia australis” seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 6:08 am

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TIL that The Baltic Way or the Baltic Chain was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989 in which approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometers (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 6:34 am

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TIL that All of the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 60 years could fit on a football field to a height of approximately 10 yards

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 2:49 am

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TIL about “Lost Boys” in polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cultures. Since boys and girls are born in approximately equal numbers, the pool of available women is not sufficient for all men to have multiple wives. As such, young boys are banished to reduce competition.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who travelled extensively across Africa and Asia between 1325 and 1354. He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, from present-day Mali and Tanzania to Beijing – approximately five times the distance covered by Marco Polo.

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 12:23 pm

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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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