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TIL 77% of low income Americans reported they would rather have more consistent income than make more money

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7rkeZ TIL to prove that coffee is unhealthy, King Gustav experimented with a twin, one drank enormous amounts of coffee, the other one, tea. Both samples outlived the researchers and King Gustav
JB68 TIL An Indian man whose wife died when medical attention could not reach her, carved a 360ft long path through a mountain to cut the time it took for medical assistance to arrive at his village. It took him 22 years and shorted the journey from the nearest town to 1Km, from 75Km
4mV6 TIL Disney’s Mulan grossed $300 million worldwide but barely made $30,000 in her home province of Hunan,China. Some Beijingers say they found her too self-aggrandizing, and opposes Confucian culture, which emphasizes values of modesty and community
l7aD7 TIL that the okapi or forest giraffe or zebra giraffe or Congo giraffe is the only species in the genus Okapia and the okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae.
9MWM TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza was originally constructed with a covering of polished casing stones that would act like gigantic mirrors and reflect light so powerful that the pyramid would be visible from the moon.