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TIL Switzerland has more millionaires than recipients of social assistance

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J1wjv TIL that Isekai is on of the most popular genres of Japanese science fiction. It revolves around a person or people who are transported to and have to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, or parallel universe. Isekai traces it's roots back ancient Japanese literature.
VxJB TIL that in the UK ballpoint pens are called biros after their inventor, Laszlo Biro. He fled to Argentina in 1938 to avoid Nazi persecution and made pens for the Royal Air Force during WW2.
MvkA TIL It Costs Less to House the Homeless, Than to Leave Them on the Street
nWWJW TIL that Wheeler, Virginia is closer to the capital of 9 other states than it is to its own state capital
rNpGx TIL the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" was filmed at the Desilu Forty Acres, the same set used for The Andy Griffith Show. Floyd's barbershop appears in some of the shots.