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TIL that a store called BEST Products had some very interesting and unique architecture for some of their stores in America that were built between 1972 and 1984. (Zoomable photos and descriptions of stores on link)

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8e8gK TIL that according to data from the Aspen Institute of Play and the Utah State University’s Families in Sports Lab, the most expensive kids’ sport is ice hockey, which has an annual cost of $2,583 on average in the United States
LkMGV TIL childless couples from developed countries pay $10,000 to $20,000 for african babies. Most babies are sold by parents or taken from child harvesting (baby farms).
Y5d TIL that acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces the pain of social rejection
OGlmR TIL that pterodactyls aren’t dinosaurs. They’re somewhat associated with dinosaurs but aren’t actually dinosaurs. They’re just flying reptiles. My life is different now.
b6J1Z TIL Robert C. Campbell, a Captain in the British Army in WWI. Captured as a prisoner of war by Imperial Germany in 1914, he was held in captivity for two years before appealing to the Kaiser for a visit to his dying mother. He was allowed and voluntarily returned to POW Camp until the end of the War