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TIL the Dalai Lama supports abortion in cases where the child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent.

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wLw46 TIL a poem by Simon Armitage removed more than two tonnes of pollution from the environment. The poem In Praise Of Air, on display at Sheffield University, was printed on specially treated material capable of purifying the air around it through catalytic oxidation.
69WbW TIL about Intercollegiate Meat Judging. Where American Universities compete against one another to see which team can best evaluate cuts of beef, pork and lamb based on criteria such as quality, yield grading, and eye-balling the quantity of fat v. muscle.
m1OoO TIL Being overweight or obese appears to have a positive relationship with depression and depression-like symptoms for each gender and race. Similarly, individuals who report having depression-like symptoms are likely to be overweight or obese.
LYWr TIL that a man accused of embezzling $8.7 million hid from law enforcement by hiking the Appalachian Trail for six years.
ZbVD TIL Alone on Mars, the Curiosity Rover sings itself Happy Birthday every year on August 5th.