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TIL Sissy Spacek funded the early David Lynch

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WkB5A TIL of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, manicurists to the Pharaoh in ~2500BCE, they are considered by some historians to be the first recorded same-sex couple in history
GARmN TIL: Japan has the world’s second highest adoption rate, but almost all adoptees are adults.
KNQw TIL every fifth person in Greenland tries to commit suicide at some point in their lifetimes
9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.
0wA0M TIL the Adélie Penguin engages in prostitution. Some female penguins, whether they are single or attached, will provide sex for stones.