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TIL that Comic Sans is one of the best fonts for people with dyslexia

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grQm7 TIL In 2009 the term 'Ghost City' was coined to describe the large number of cities that had been built in China, but were largely unoccupied. However, it was Chinese policy to move the population from a predominantly rural base (82% in 1978) to urban (64% by 2020), the urban target is 75% by 2035.
o8Ko TIL Ancient Egyptians belived that the universe was created due to an ejaculation and Egyptian Pharaohs were required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile.
DQd6v TIL that there used to be life insurance vending machines At. The. Airport.
epjX4 TIL about "the Fresh bread ban" - WWI British regulation that made it illegal to sell bread until 12 hours after it had been baked - previous research showed that stale bread was being consumed 5% less, thus helping alleviate supply shortages
60nl TIL that a small town in Kansas has one of the largest space museums in the world, including Liberty Bell 7, the Apollo 13 command module, the Gemini X spacecraft, Vostok and Voshkod spacecraft, an SR-71, Nazi V1 and V2 weapons, and several full-scale launch rockets