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TIL a nursing home in Finland gives subsidised accommodation to a select few students with the agreement that they spend time with the elderly

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9w4AB TIL: The weird robot in Rocky IV is named Sico in real life and was a therapy tool for Sylvester Stallone‘s autistic son. Stallone included Sico in the movie to stay close to his son. After the movie, Sico went on tour with James Brown.
R5mx1 TIL the raccoon population in the UK has exploded, and they’re breaking into homes to steal food and alcohol. They get drunk and wreck havoc.
oBbWr TIL a questionnaire was sent to 800 migraine patients and 200 cluster headache patients about their experience with sexual activity during a headache attack. The researchers found that sexual activity lead to partial or complete relief of headache in about 30% of the patients.
VGv0 TIL that Hong Xiuquan, a man thinking he was the younger brother of Jesus, led a rebellion in 1850 to establish his ‘Heavenly Kingdom’ in China. The conflict caused 20 million deaths, more than World War 1.
wkxM TIL in 2008 a California nuclear plant was taken offline due to “a rapid influx of jellyfish”