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TIL that 37% of Brits believe their jobs are meaningless.

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5Gop TIL of Tom Blandon, a man who lived the Canadian dream. After a 9 year career in the NHL, in which he won two Stanley Cups and holds the record for highest plus/minus in a single game at +10, he retired to Alberta where he owns a Tim Hortons
DQOJv TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.
yQYDJ TIL PRIAPOS (Priapus) was the god of vegetable gardens. He was also a protector of beehives, flocks and vineyards. Priapos was depicted as a dwarfish man with a huge member, symbolising garden fertility. Basically he’s the god of ????
KO7m9 TIL about the Goiânia accident, one of the worst nuclear disasters. Fascinated locals began playing with glowing dust after opening a stolen radioactive capsule: lighting it on fire, applying it to their bodies, & consuming it. Up to 112,000 may have been exposed, & some died.
5VQjQ TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.