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TIL Half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors.

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4xxo TIL that Wales’ national symbol is a leek because on the eve of the battle against the Saxons, St David advised the Britons to wear leeks in their caps so as to easily distinguish friend from foe. This helped to secure a great victory.
GYnVG TIL that 5000 janitors in America have PHDs.
womaY TIL; Metallica provides grants for personal trade education
9DmM TIL Japan Airlines operates an exhibition of the 1985 plane crash, displaying passengers’ farewell notes, their personal belongings and 41 pieces of wreckage, as a safety lesson for its employees.
loY7B TIL: 90% of the plastic in the ocean comes from 10 rivers: The Yangtze, Indus, Yellow, Hai, Nile, Ganges, Pearl, Heilong, Niger, and Mekong rivers