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TIL that about 50% of perceived friendships are actually non-reciprocal

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78rlL TIL of the Finn-men, Inuit fishermen who made it as far as Scotland by kayak. There was so much concern about European fishermen kidnapping them that in 1720, the Netherlands explicitly outlawed it.
rNmJw TIL a former luxury business hotel in Zurich went bankrupt and became budget accommodation for students
vPeJD TIL that during the Apache Wars in the American Southwest, the Apache would cut the Army's telegraph lines but reconnect the ends together with a strip of leather to make the break in the circuit nearly impossible to find.
a8wXb TIL athletes use menthol to stay cool, but overdose and death is possible
DpmD TIL GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant drug paroxetine didn’t work in adolescents and increased their risk of suicide, yet didn’t divulge the information as “it would be commercially unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been demonstrated.”