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TIL Saudi Arabia is working to reverse decades of favoring religious over scientific studies in schools and universities. The country is pouring billions into improving science curricula, endowing new research-oriented universities and establishing scientific agencies.

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epOv5 TIL in 1941 the US produced over 3 million civilian cars. After joining the War, only 139 were made throughout the remainder of the War.
XEX46 TIL the Japanese work philosophy of “kaizen”, where people constantly seek to find ways to improve methods instead of just doing it the same way
dDvMj TIL that Spanish moss is not a moss; it’s more closely related to grasses than to mosses. It’s also not Spanish; it’s native to the southern US, Central America, and South America.
yydw TIL That a driver in Japan raced and outdrove a collapsing tunnel he was driving through, in his WRX RA.
9wAJX TIL that similar to West Virginia previously being part of a larger Virginia, Maine was originally an exclave of Massachusetts before seceding to become its own state.