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TIL that by far the largest consumer of tea per capita is Turkey, with over 3 kg of tea per person per year

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p1Je TIL cremation ashes aren’t ashes at all ‘in truth they are comprised of pulverized bone fragments’
gN0y TIL a girl who had half of her brain removed at age 8 grew up to earn a Master’s degree and become a speech pathologist
yaMa TIL that all lighthouses on the US coastline have been fully automated for roughly 30 years
1a9nW TIL that in the 1950s, Denmark conducted a social experiment and abducted 22 Greenlandic Intuit children, assimilating them into Danish culture. More than half died before reaching adulthood.
D5mY TIL that many countries have savings plans that amount to a “no-lose lottery”; interest is a bit lower, but large prizes are given out periodically. It is very successful at getting people to save their money, but is often illegal in N. America due to government monopolies on running lotteries.