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TIL The Solar System is surrounded by colossal spherical shell of trillions of icy objects called the Oort Cloud

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wLDao TIL 20-50% of hypothermia fatalities are due to paradoxical undressing, or removing clothes due to disorientation.
P15pG TIL a pizzeria owner discovered DoorDash was conducting a "demand test" and had a lower price for his pizza even though he had not asked for the pizzeria to be on the app. The owner ordered 10 pizzas on the app, paid $160, and had them delivered to a friend. DoorDash paid the restaurant $240.
V4wm TIL there used to be an “Office of Technology Assessment” in charge of providing Congress with unbiased analysis of scientific issues, but it was closed down as part of the Republicans’ “Contract With America in 1995.
10oV TIL that for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, one of the stadiums is being built in the northern district of Ash-Shamal (348 sq. miles), with a population less than 8,000 people. The stadium being built seats 45,330 people.
dypd TIL: According to a study the 2-repeat allele of the MAOA gene, also known as the warrior gene, is found in 0.5% of White males and 4.7% of African-American males