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TIL Stephen Hawking earned $46 million in 2013, making him the highest paid scientist in the world

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MkA7 TIL China is said to suffer from the worst brain drain in the world: 7 out of 10 students who enroll overseas never move back to live in China.
D1EAD TIL a 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Almost 8% of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes.
xD6o TIL that hospitals often fly the “Donate Life” flag (just beneath the US Flag) to honor a recent organ or tissue donation. Families are also offered a flag to keep to honor their lost loved one.
XE8wX TIL about an organization of poets in Amsterdam that read eulogies at the funerals of those who die alone and unmourned.
0woxy TIL that in 2011, there was a riot in Vancouver following the defeat of the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Stanley Cup Championship with 140 injuries, 1 death, and about $5 Million in damages.