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TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters

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0wrdy TIL Self-checkouts aren’t necessarily faster than other checkouts and don’t result in lower staff numbers, & there are indirect costs such as theft & reduced customer satisfaction and loyalty. But they better suit the trend of shoppers buying fewer goods, more often.
kOB4d TIL An Entrepreneur in Hong Kong (Tin Ka Ping)who had donated 80% of his wealth throughout his life to build over 200 schools and 1000 libraries in Hong Kong and Mainland China. During the 1997 financial crisis, he had even sold his mansion to continue funding his charity foundation.
9wJV6 TIL The native population of the entire continent of Europe is shrinking with no country having a fertility rate at replacement level (2.1 children per woman). France has the highest at 1.79 but all the other most populous Euro countries have rates of between 1.15 and 1.6.
yV0Mp TIL that bathing in cold water for so long can lead to an condition called hypothermia. Your body’s temperature drops so low whilst submerged in freezing cold water, that some people consider cold baths dangerous, especially for your health.
x5V5 TIL that the chinese title for “The 6th Sense” was “He’s a Ghost”