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TIL of the Human Development Index (HDI) ranking of countries. Korea, Ireland, and Hong Kong (among others) outrank the U.S.

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xVlmb TIL a Maine citizen once randomly decided to become a hermit and stayed as one for over 27 years. He committed up to a thousand minor burglaries and he became so prolific that people started leaving shopping lists for him to write down what he wanted.
WmNB TIL learned that the “Groundhog Day” loop could have lasted upwards to 10,000 years and as little as 10 years according to the Writer and Director Harold Ramis
Wk5eN TIL in 1985, sportswriter Zotique Lespérance was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame's media section, along with Tim Moriarty and Dick Johnson, however Lespérance was not invited to his induction ceremony as the Hall of Fame was misinformed that he had died. Lespérance was invited the next year.
yVjYv TIL "Cut off your nose to spite your face" There is a version that this phrase has a rather curious origin. Saint Ebbe was said to have severed her own nose to dissuade violation by Viking raiders.
nnnb TIL baseball managers sometimes yell nonsensical things at umpires (e.g “I had bad wine at an Italian restaurant”) to invigorate their team, while keeping themselves from being thrown out of the game.