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TIL hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window

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4Xo86 TIL A British school banned Sausage Rolls because they were considered unhealthy. The school requires pupils to show their lunchboxes to staff before and after they have eaten. Steve Fryer, whose son's sausage roll was confiscated, said the school should "stick to teaching kids".
LkjNQ TIL about Egotistical Altruism, Making the World a Better Place For Everyone
5VxeQ TIL canaries were used in coal mines to detect carbon monoxide
e0na4 TIL Phyllis Smith who portrayed Phyllis on 'The Office' did not audition for the part. She was a member of the casting crew... the director liked her demeanor so much that he offered her a role in the show.
Br0rW TIL that when the Catholic Church wanted to canonize someone, there was a church official, the advocatus diaboli, whose sole job was to argue against that person's qualifications for sainthood. Advocatus diaboli is latin for "Devil's advocate."