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TIL in 35 years, South Korea will most likely have collapsed. ( Because of their extreme low fertility rate)

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ppKe TIL of the Harvard Computers. Edward Pickering decided to hire a team of women after his increasing frustrations with his male assistants. He declared that his maid could do a better job so he hired his maid, and subsequently a team of women whom soon discovered how to measure distances of stars.
9YJJG TIL that the Olympic Dream Team jersey worn by Michael Jordan just auctioned for a near record of $216,000
ReG4 TIL that in the 90’s when Microsoft was unimpressed with a programmer’s performance, they would threaten to reassign them to work on “Microsoft Dogs” an interactive CD-ROM to inform dog owners of the proper care and feeding for 500 different breeds of dogs.
vj0R TIL that the Iranian rules for stoning adulterers to death call for women to be buried up to their chest and men to be buried up to their waist. Using large stones is not allowed because they could bring death too quickly.
E159x TIL that you hear your own voice in two different ways, making a recorded version of your voice sound different from the one you hear when you speak.