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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely predicted the end of the world 20 times.

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9YWym TIL that the dreams of still being in school, failing a test and similar school related dreams are among the top 10 for people of any age worldwide.
WrAL TIL that Polish exiles were not only the best-performing RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain, but also very successful with women; “they always have a girl on each arm. They say the girls cannot resist the Poles, nor the Poles the girls”.
P1lJn Today I learned that albino redwood trees exist but they cannot produce their own food so they are considered parasites because they rely on nutrients from neighboring trees
Oo0wY TIL scientists created a mouse colony that started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. When 'overpopulation' was reached, most of the mouses stopped reproducing and "just ate, slept, and groomed."
Pvkn TIL There is an Iranian custom called Taarof where people offer things they don’t really want to offer with the understanding they will be refused by people who really don’t want to refuse.