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TIL that there is a statue in Russia that honors all the laboratory mice that have sacrificed their lives in order to further scientific research

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mwwO TIL diamonds aren’t rare; their demand is a marketing invention. In 1938 De Beers hired an ad agency who arbitrarily decided that a diamond engagement ring is worth 1 month’s salary. It worked so well they increased it to 2 months’ salary. De Beers carefully restricts supply to keep the prices high.
E10OV TIL: the sun does not provide vitamin D. It synthesizes the vitamin D already in your body.
wLxl1 TIL that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation offers $100,000 grants to people trying to make better condoms.
bWla TIL In 1974, Philippe Petit snuck into the World Trade Center disguised as a construction worker, stretched a steel cable between the towers with a bow and arrow, and walked across – 8 times.
xZ9w TIL France has a law requiring tech workers to ignore emails from their bosses after 6pm