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TIL that in France Postmen will soon also have the job of checking on erderly citizens who live alone

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Yjjr TIL the man who made the “Heart Shaped Box” video for Nirvana was afraid to make another music video with them and said he wouldn’t do it. Kurt responded, “Well, if you don’t do it, I’ll never do another video again with anybody.” And he never did.
e0Opb TIL that scientists and medical specialists in the field of infectious diseases had actually predicted the emergence of a pandemic such as we're facing today as far back as 2008
OGDg6 TIL that Mexico City is sinking at a rate of up to 50cm a year
9vMm TIL In Finland they have a unit of measurement called the ‘poronkusema’ or reindeer piss. The distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate. It is about 6 miles.
v1AMr TIL that Wayne’s World was directed by a woman, Penelope Spheeris, who also directed Black Sheep, Little Rascals, and music videos for Megadeth. She won a Grammy for her extended “Bohemian Rhapsody” sequence from Wayne’s World.