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TIL that schizophrenia can be diagnosed with 98.3% accuracy using a simple eye test that tracks eye movement abnormalities

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W7dVX TIL an Australian couple bought their neighbors home with the intention of fixing it up and sell for a profit for their retirement. However they couldn't because the paperwork drafted over a century ago, when the lots were first registered, states that their new house is built on a different lot.
X0raj TIL that, over the course of their lifetime, 1 in 10 Icelanders will publish a book.
69EA8 TIL something called the "beer mile" exists, where runners must drink a pint of beer for every quarter mile ran. Other variations include a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream for 4 miles, as well as a variation in which runners must solve a rubix cube along with each beer for their mile.
Vmw0 TIL that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has become one of Japan’s favorite Christmas tradition
4XnyJ TIL the Chinese government estimates almost 50 percent of the current housing stock — or everything built before 1999 is of such poor quality it will need to be demolished within 20 years.