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TIL Yemen is a tropical country

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ZmRG TIL that people who score high on ‘openness’ in psychological tests are the most likely to feel chills when they listen to music.
RO7w TIL: Not only did a private US company pay for the research for the inexpensive “space pen” NASA uses, but the pen worked so well that the Soviets bought it, too.
ak9b TIL On July 6th, 1944 Jackie Robinson was once ordered to move to the back of a bus while in uniform. Robinson refused and received a court martial. An army court found that Robinson was completely within his rights, and fully acquitted the future baseball star.
QJyML TIL 95% of all avocados on sale today are descended from one tree grown by a Milwaukee postman in 1926.
NXMAN TIL Alberta, Canada is one of only 3 places on Earth considered rat-free. There is no resident population of rats.