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TIL of the H - Index. A ranking of scientific authors and scholars according to productivity and citation impact of publications. It also takes into account things like obtaining the Nobel prize, being a research fellow or holding a high position at a university. Albert Einstein has an H index of 44

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1aaOr TIL that UK's Crown Estate has a total value is about $16.5 billion (Apr'16). This includes 263,000 farmed acres, half of the U.K.’s shoreline and almost all the seabed to the 12-mile territorial limit. Queen Elizabeth and family receive 15% of all the money, almost $400 million annually.
0db7N TIL of a giant centipede that hangs from cave ceilings and catches and eats bats
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gmy9 TIL that in the UK, restaurants MUST supply free tap water if they serve alcohol.
D1Amv TIL That its illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey and Oregon.