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TIL that there’s an urbex movement in Paris that documents and repairs the city’s underworld, including secretly fixing the Panthéon’s clock because the government couldn’t be bothered to do so.

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p70Q TIL Cuddling with your partner significantly improves the healing process of bruises and wounds due to the release of Oxytocin.
rRabx TIL that Kazimierz Piechowski managed to escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp by stealing SS uniforms and a car. He and his 4 companions then drove to the gate, yelled at the guards to open, and drove off.
VBlXZ TIL that one ton of iPhones has 300 times the amount of gold as a ton of gold ore.
e0boD TIL of the Hibakusha, survivors of the WWII atomic bombings. As of 2014, 1,000 (including many born in the U.S.) live in the United States and are supported by the Japanese government, but largely ignored by the American government
pYRwp TIL: Time spent in outdoor activities in relation to myopia prevention and control: a meta‐analysis and systematic review (Outdoor time is considered to reduce the risk of developing myopia. )