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TIL school meals in Finland are free for the students; schools are required to give students 3 vegan choices; vegetables must cover half the plate; and students can have as much milk as they want because it’s fat free or skimmed.

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5VO5p TIL the historian meridian marker In Greenwich is off by about 100 meters because they looked "straight up" at stars, but to find "straight up" you use a weight to find "straight down", and the uneven mass of the Earth means that it doesn't point to the exact center of the Earth
w0NJ TIL that 90% of people who spend 3 or more hours a day on the computer, will suffer Computer Vision Syndrome (Under the “Prevalence” section)
b9ON0 TIL The dizziness and blurred vision (feeling of fainting) caused by suddenly standing up after a long time is called Orthostatic Hypotension. Because of gravity, your blood will fall to your lower body which causes your Thorax (chest area) and head to temporarily lose 700ml of blood.
kOVjd TIL evidence showed that during the seven and a half months preceding Elvis's death -- from January 1, 1977, to August 16, 1977 -- Doctor Nichopoulos wrote prescriptions for Elvis for at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012.
D1Exr TIL: In the "Greatest Hits" version of the PS1 Spider-Man game, the cheat code menu was removed. This was because developers realized that the cheat to play as Mary Jane would result in the final cutscene featuring a long lesbian kiss between Mary Jane and herself.