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TIL Finland has been sending expectant mothers free ‘baby boxes’ since the 30’s. The babies sleep in them and are credited with Finland’s world leading low mortality rates

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p8kZO TIL that the Vikings were considered neat-freaks who seduced good Anglo-Saxon women by barbaric unfair practices like bathing once a week and combing their hair every day.
nYlW TIL that Lynx cats became extinct in Britain approximately 1,300 years ago and there is now serious plans to re-introduce them to the wilds.
OG7JR TIL about calques. Calques are loanwords from other languages into English. However, unlike loanwords (ex:restaurant), calques are translated into English. Examples include: potsticker, beer garden, ear worm, and flea market.
56gn TIL sometimes hospital workers pretend to perform CPR while letting someone die.
RGN6 TIL Johnny Knoxville is the result of “significant inbreeding”. This was discovered by a genealogist he himself hired.