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TIL that people misunderstood the 12 years to save the earth. the IPCC never said the world is gonna end in 12 years they said we have 12 to go carbon neutral. but got oversimplified to 12 years which made people think in 12 years the world ends.

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KOQ9w TIL about bacha posh, a practice in Afghanistan where a family with no sons will dress one of their daughters as a boy so that someone can run errands, work, escort the other sisters, etc. They cut their hair short and answer to male names; when they reach puberty, they revert to being female.
v14a8 TIL that to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, revelers on Times Square are herded into pens. They have to stay in there for hours without any toilets, so many people wear adult diapers.
ObVa TIL it was recommended for chemists to smoke while making cyanide, because cyanide leaks from the fume hood or apparatus would impart a characteristic flavor to the smoke.
Brr5L At 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh began his famous flight across the Atlantic. Here’s the Great Circle Chart he used to plan the flight.
b1ZE TIL a girl left her contacts in for six months and amoeba ate her eyes