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Today I learned of the “tiny house movement” where single people and couples live in houses as small as 120 sq. feet to have a smaller environmental impact on the world and to use money saved on other things…

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jYyj TIL that comedian Doug Stanhope raised $125,000 for an athiest made homeless by a tornado just because he was sick of the overly-religious messages on CNN.
5LGB TIL King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is the first mixed-gender university campus in Saudi Arabia. The religious police do not operate on-site, and women are allowed to mix freely with men and to drive on campus, and they are not required to wear veils.
p8WAe TIL that teaching social and emotional skills in school, such as self-management and relationship skills, can result in up to 11 percentile point improvement in academic achievement.
VbDm TIL that in the late 1960s, the Shah of Iran sent a series of letters to the King of Saudi Arabia, saying, “Please, my brother, modernize. Open up your country. Make the schools mixed. Let women wear miniskirts. Have discos. Be modern. Otherwise I cannot guarantee you will stay on your throne.”
QMga TIL in one of his Dracula movies, Christopher Lee refused to speak the poor dialogue his character was given. They made the movie anyway with him being mute.