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TIL Bill and Melinda Gates funded a website created by Rice University that provides free open-source textbooks for college students

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eplOk Today I learned the theme song to Trailer Park Boys is a piano-only version of I Left My Heart in San Francisco
WkX5d TIL: Tobacco use in Indonesia is almost entirely determined by gender: 76% of men smoke, while only 3.6% of women smoke.
VMgP4 TIL the nurse being kissed by the sailor in the iconic V-J photo went unidentified for 20 years, when she self-identified and explained she "had stepped outside to see what the commotion was when I suddenly found myself in a sailor's embrace." The two had never met, and the photo was caught by luck.
0dO4p Today I learned that camel urine has not only been ingested for centuries by many cultures as a cure for various ailments, but numerous scientific studies have also found that its purported benefits are surprisingly valid — including its ability to kill and inhibit the growth of cancer cells
9wgvm TIL that the Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was accidentally shipped out to stores a month before the movie was released, and when Mark Hamill, who is a comic book fan, noticed this, he contacted Marvel's sales manager and they tried to get the book off the stands