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TIL Finland has been pioneering a form of deciding upon public policy where people actually think through the problems at issue, ponder on them, consider solutions, test a few of them, and then implement the best.

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PYA7n TIL if ripening cherries are not dried after it rains, they will soak up the water, split, and can't be picked and sold. Helicopters slowly maneuver 5 feet over the trees. The intense rotor wash blasts the water off the cherries! (this is part of the reason cherries are expensive)
RJ8 TIL that in humans, the nasal cycle means that during the course of a day, the nostrils will switch over approximately every four hours or so.
v1YD TIL that cats have a non-fatal terminal velocity of around 60mph, and when falling (after relaxing and orienting themselves) they merely ‘parachute’ to earth like a squirrel.
7QrL TIL there’s a huge cave dug by elephants: Kitum Cave
GYGrN TIL that the COO of Riot Games (League of Legends) was suspended for farting in people's faces and tapping their balls in the office.