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TIL Chuck Norris’ s real name is Carlos.
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TIL that Pearson (a London textbook company) makes $90 million per year to make the state of Texas standardized test (this does not include profit from textbook sales). Every few years they change the contents of the test so that school are forced to buy new books for the new curriculum.
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TIL that grape jelly is a more popular spread than strawberry jelly on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
690DJ
TIL the Japanese government gifted Dr. Yamanaka, known for his work on induced pluripotent stem cells, 160,000 yen for a washing machine after he won the Nobel Prize, as he mentioned in an interview, "I was in the middle of repairing my washing machine when I heard the news."
nWkl9
TIL about the Abode of Chaos. Artist Thierry Ehrmann bought an old scenic house in a rural town and transformed it into a replica war zone that serves as an open-air museum of radical avant-garde art. This has angered locals enough to sue him in France's supreme court.
dDKR9
TIL that the "Lost City of Atlantis" was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea.