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TIL that loneliness is as bad for people's health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day

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VJ04 TIL new research indicates the asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs did so, not primarily due to dust blocking out the sun, but by ejecting ~500 cubic miles of tiny glass spherules at near escape velocity. Upon falling to earth they incinerated nearly all surface life in a matter of minutes.
AD6ro TIL male kangaroos are called boomers
xb4B TIL In New York City, for the last half century, the price of a slice of pizza and that of a subway ride have been nearly exactly the same. And a rise in one predicts the other.
Ar6l TIL that North Korea once attempted to solve its food shortage problems with ostriches. Most of which end up on the plates of the rich and powerful in Pyongyang.
6RlJ TIL 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans in the U.S. Return to Meat