› added 10 months ago

74

TIL money does buy happiness; it levels off at $100,000/year for some people but not for all

Read more penntoday.upenn.edu

via reddit.com

YplGZ TIL That "Gravestone Conservator" is a job. They restore gravestones as well as preserve and protect burial places in general. They work to preserve burial places as cultural heritage sites which would otherwise be lost due to time or wilful destruction.
VAD4 TIL that in a 2004 study, Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea reduced their risk of breast cancer by nearly 90%
KOWJQ TIL that the borders of four Canadian provinces might meet at one point, but due to an inaccuracy in Nunavut's legal definition in 1999 it's still unclear
p81YN TIL If France were to return to monarchy, their king would be styled "Louis XX".
XyDP TIL that George Washington, an avid believer in bloodletting, likely died of blood loss while being treated for a severe sore throat.