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TIL in 2023 an amateur blogger biologist spotted several inconsistencies in the data published by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's scientists in their research papers, which led to a massive retraction campaign by the institute

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y9pV TIL that Serbia’s maternity leave is among the world’s best–a full year with 100% salary paid.
yVkKV TIL about Saint-Malo, Brittany. This city on the French coast has some of the highest tides in Europe, rising as high as 40 feet during parts of the year, and the water withdrawing hundreds of yards. A sea wall, built in the 17th century, protects the city from the tides.
XELxE TIL Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" was co-written by Bruce Hornsby, and Bruce Hornsby played the piano for the studio album; both artists perform this song at their concerts.
R7OP4 TIL about Alexander Winton, who built and sold the first American-made gasoline car on March 24, 1898. The public was skeptical. "To advocate replacing the horse, which had served man through centuries, marked one as an imbecile."
AWRd Today I learned that Anheuser Busch employees not only get 2 free cases of beer per month, but AB also reimburses their employees for cab fare if they are too drunk to drive home from consuming their products.