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TIL There are 820 readable pieces of literature in Skyrim, including letters, journals, spell tomes, books that offer skill points, 5 books that add quests, and 307 books that serve no other purpose than lore.

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0emp TIL North Korea’s economy was larger than South Korea’s until the 1970s. Today its GDP is about 2.5% the size of South Korea’s.
ne087 TIL the first person to ever observe individual living sperm cells was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who collected a sample from his wife immediately after intercourse. In his 1677 letter to the Royal Society, “de Natis e semine genital Animalculis,” he describes a scene teeming with tiny “animalcules.”
DMg TIL that clocks today move clockwise because sundials were first used in the Northern Hemisphere.
8VeV TIL that the movie “Psycho” is the first American film to show a toilet on screen. It’s also the first American film in which we hear a toilet being flushed.
5Y7pP TIL In European dining ettiquette, hands are never placed on the lap while eating and should usually rest on the table. This dates back to medieval times when people showed they weren't holding a dagger.