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TIL Hangovers cost an estimated $220 Billion loss in productivity per year

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vZyj TIL that NASA asked Buzz Aldrin to refrain from quoting the Bible on the moon
9QKM TIL Saudi Arabia is working to reverse decades of favoring religious over scientific studies in schools and universities. The country is pouring billions into improving science curricula, endowing new research-oriented universities and establishing scientific agencies.
x68j1 TIL ALBERTA CANADA IS RAT FREE!
b6Bo4 TIL that the social huntsman spiders live in complex family groups up to 150-strong, led by a dominant matriarch. A single mum establishes a family and her offspring from one to four clutches remain with her until they are almost one year old.
Brk4W TIL Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is sung in Japan at the end of every year, and the first time it was sung in the country was in a POW camp in 1918 by German prisoners