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TIL Susan G. Komen for the Cure only spends 20.9% of its funds on actual research for the cure and the CEOs salary is 459k

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4X0rg TIL Dogs are better able to tolerate aspirin than cats are. Cats metabolize aspirin slowly because they lack the glucuronide conjugates that aid in the excretion of aspirin
wLJBE TIL - The Decameron is a frame story written in 1353 by Boccaccio, containing 100 erotic tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
yQ60J TIL during the 1860's, the Russian empire killed and expelled as much as 80-97% of their entire Circassian population, these events (now known as "The Circassian genocide") are still denied by Russia, and Georgia is the only country to recognize it WORLDWIDE.
woyNW TIL The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio had several instances where visitors were stuck because the elevators did not work due to debris in the elevator cables or power failures
lGbr TIL that having kids doesn’t increase happiness, in fact it decreases it. Happiness doesn’t return to pre-children levels in a marriage until the kids leave home.