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TIL the United States ranks 3rd in liking the United States

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0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)
8aJ5G TIL that in Norse mythology only half of the dead fallen in battle go to Odin in Valhalla. The other half go to the goddess Freyja in the meadow of Fólkvangr
5VMJp TIL that drugs in the SGLT-2 Inhibitor class(Jardiance/Empagliflozin being the most common), increasingly popular drugs used to treat Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and Heart Failure, were synthesized based on a compound found in apple tree bark.
Lkaop TIL that falling bullets can reach a terminal velocity 3x faster than the speed needed to penetrate the skull AND falling bullets are > 5x as lethal as non-falling bullets.
ANK4o TIL An October 2017 Presidential Decree in Kazakhstan ordered that the transition from Cyrillic to a Latin script be completed by 2031. One reason is that ending the use of Cyrillic is useful in re-asserting national identity and allows for better international integration