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TIL That the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Has Offices Around the World and Has Overseas Investments in Companies

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w6wE TIL A Seattle businessman founded a sperm bank in 1980 which accepted sperm only from Nobel laureates or ‘accomplished men.’ The intent was to create genetically superior children. Of the 218 children born under the program many are reportedly geniuses at various disciplines.
nerLo TIL Drywall is called “Drywall” because before it, walls were made with plaster layers that were wet and took time to dry between layers. Drywall came in to the market as a faster and cleaner alternative to the “wet wall” process of plaster layers.
78D4P TIL the inventor of the snow globe, Erwin Perzy, stumbled on the idea while trying to find a way to amplify light in surgical rooms. He found that holding a bulb next to a water globe filled with reflective, white particles boosted the light. He later used the concept to make snow scene souvenirs.
VBlMm TIL in June, 1889, Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night. Three months later, the Nintendo company was founded to produce and market playing cards.
EZxX TIL That in 1992, Pope John Paul II apologized for the church’s harsh treatment of Galileo Galilei for his idea that the Earth went around the Sun.