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TIL that China has made its border tripoint with Russia and North Korea into a tourist attraction called Fangchuan Scenic Area - complete with its own panoramic tower

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ebLb TIL that in order for stores in China to stock/sell tampons they have to import them, as Chinese companies made 85 billion sanitary pads last year, but not one tampon.
eKZ5 TIL The only time the letter Y is a vowel is when your tongue doesn’t touch your palate (roof of mouth). If it does then it is a consonant. examples being yellow = consonant, sky = vowel.
a88JN TIL human egg fertilization isn’t determined by the fastest sperm but rather the egg sending chemicals to attract particular sperm it chooses
OGnb7 TIL psilocybin was shown to have potential benefits for mental health conditions. Notably, research published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Psychiatry in 2020 found that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy was an effective treatment for a group of 24 participants with major depressive disorder.
Q6KM TIL that Valery Spiridonov, a 31 year old man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman’s - a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelchair, has volunteered to partake in the world’s first head transplant which will take place as early as December of 2017.