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TIL that Bhutan is the only country to have officially adopted gross national happiness instead of the gross domestic product as the main development indicator

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rMjd TIL a typical fast food milkshake could contain over 1500 calories, the equivalent of 19 large eggs.
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wokWo TIL If Queen Camilla outlives King Charles she will be the first British Dowager Queen to not also be Queen Mother since 1837. Queen Adelaide’s husband William IV passed the throne to his niece Queen Victoria upon his death.
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