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TIL using the instructed amount of washing detergent leaves clothes dirtier

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VMG4p TIL 30 years ago, California's state government contributed to 50% of UC Berkeley's funding. Today, they just contribute to 14% of the school's funding.
VLVQ TIL 1948 winter Olympic Game’s athletes lacked the resources to compete post WWII, to the point where the Norwegian team had to borrow skis from the American team
R7av4 TIL that in Japan, it takes up to 20 years of school to become a sushi chef, which is years longer than it takes to become a doctor.
Meo9A TIL Loraine Allison was the only child from first class to die on the Titanic. She had remained with her parents on the ship looking for her baby brother who had unknown to them already safely left in a lifeboat with his nanny.
KYwXJ TIL that the 3 Ninjas franchise was made in part by a South Korean Director, Shin Sang-ok, who was kidnapped and held captive for 8 years by Kim Jong-il.