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TIL about "That Time Barbie Actively Encouraged Starvation Dieting"

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PBYL TIL 20% of Belarus’ annual budget is spent on costs associated with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
9wwoM TIL that the world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years
wLNpJ TIL the FICO scoring system is routinely updated but, each lender determines if and when it will upgrade to the latest version. This is why a mortgage lender will come up with a very different score than your personal credit score report.
wLpl8 TIL Back in 2000, James Cameron discussed filming at International Space Station with Tom Cruise. When Cameron asked "...somebody’s gotta train us as engineers.’ Tom Cruise said, ‘No problem, I’ll train as an engineer.’
e08r6 TIL that both South Korea and the Maldives once used the tune of Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" for their anthems. South Korea inherited it from Scottish missionaries. The poet behind the Maldives' anthem, for his part, chose the music after hearing it chiming out of an uncle's novelty clock