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TIL that the Suez Canal closed for eight years from 1967-1975, costing billions in trade

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eK76 TIL that a paper published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology concluded “This paper provides support for the "Rotten Barrel” theory of police deviant behavior, which holds that the stressful conditions of the police occupation constitute a primary risk factor for police misconduct.“
6E8kw TIL about a procedure called ”tooth in eye surgery”, where the patient’s tooth is removed, a tiny lens is inserted into it, and the tooth is the put inside the patient’s eye. It’s only used for rare cases of corneal blindness and only a few operations take place each year.
rRbR0 TIL that France is the world’s biggest tourist destination, receiving nearly 20 million more visitors annually than the runner up, USA. This is doubly impressive when you consider that the US is over fifteen times the size of France.
J1nX4 TIL Korean women in the 19th century who had sons would openly expose their breasts as a sign of pride
e0Kx5 TIL Chris Morris, from the IT Crowd, has been fired from many jobs due to the many pranks he has pulled during his radio career, including filling one of the radio booths with helium, causing the newsreader to report the news in an extremely high-pitched voice.