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TIL that Bhutan uses a "Gross National Happiness" index instead of the gross domestic product, because the government thinks that the collective happiness of Bhutan's population is more important than the country's market value

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poJO TIL The M.I.T Dean of Admissions lied about her credentials as a PhD for 28 years
pYEgN TIL that the term “shirako” (literally “white child”) refers to the testicles or sperm sacs of male fish, which are considered a delicacy in Japan.
RXBa TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.
61lY TIL that the word “Welsh” doesn’t specifically refer to the Welsh people, but is an ancient Germanic word for foreigners. Germans used to use it to refer to Italy, and Swiss Germans still use it to refer to the Swiss French.
KYKlB TIL there was a french man named Tarrare who had the most unusual eating habits. As a teen he could eat his own weight in meat in a day. Later in life he ate a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats and puppies and swallowed eels whole without chewing. He was underweight.