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TIL that Duncan Jones, the director of Moon, Source Code and the Warcraft movie, is the son of the late David Bowie

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kJrnW TIL a study has shown participants who started consuming kiwis regularly before bed were able to fall asleep 42% faster than they did before.
8DNX TIL if the EU was a country, it would be the wealthiest in the world with a GDP PPP of $19.973 trillion
wLj7P TIL that the first crime ever recorded in Antarctica occurred when a Soviet scientist, upset at losing a chess game (to another Soviet scientist), attacked his opponent with an ice axe. It's unclear whether the attack was fatal or not, but the result was that chess was banned by the Soviets.
VMZrD TIL Germany has 90 billion trees
xV6J7 TIL that the word 'deli' comes from the German word 'Delikatesse' meaning "delicious things to eat"