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TIL DEFCON 5 is actually the lowest level of nuclear alert, and DEFCON 1 means imminent nuclear war

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neMLo TIL despite having had only one Nobel laureate among the population, the Faroe Islands have the most Nobel laureates per capita, as the whole territory has a population of around 50k people.
A4lg TIL that more than 90% of Greenland sharks are blind, due to a parasite called ‘Ommatokoita elongatathat’ that lives exclusively in the eyes of the sharks, damaging their corneas.
R7Wa9 TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.
OGxxR TIL of Bongthingism, an ancient polytheistic religion of the Lepcha people, of Nepal, Bhutan and India
1ay04 TIL although less talked about, the trauma of unexpectedly getting fired is very similar to the trauma of being left by a loved one.