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TIL 9/11 killed the bizarre Forrest Gump sequel

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8eQkL TIL that in Japan, there is a hotel run entirely by robots. From check-in to room service, everything is handled by a team of friendly machines
l8dN TIL that scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
Y7pwv TIL that bear spray can actually attract bears that smell it (but don’t get directly sprayed with it).
gMl08 TIL Standard Arabic, the Arabic taught in a majority of schools, is based off of the language Prophet Mohammad spoke. It is a language that nobody naturally speaks, and is preserved through formal education and news broadcasts. Egyptian Arabic is the most widely-understood dialect
VM5LZ TIL of the "Vitamin D Paradox" among black people. Researchers couldn't understand why black folks had better bone health while 80% were chronically Vit D deficient. They discovered black folks make less of a protein which interferes with Vit D. They have less overall but use it more efficiently.