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TIL Canadian lottery winners must correctly answer a math question without using a calculator before they can claim their winnings

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AWx4 TIL that Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis dropped the mortality rate for childbirth from 12% to 2% after he insisted doctors wash their hands in between handling cadavers and delivering babies.
jvXv TIL “Motel” in Brazil is used for speciliazed places where you rent a room to have sex. It’s the only purpose of Motels
X0nL8 TIL Koalas are carriers of chlamydia, with some populations unfortunately at a 100% infection rate. Koalas can also fight and cause serious damage with their strong bite and very sharp claws, when threatened.
OY6Y TIL there is a giant crack in Ethiopia that will eventually form the Earth’s next ocean.
K4ya TIL The bottom 5% of the population in USA is richer than 68% of the world population