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TIL: A study has provided evidence that reading literary fiction improves empathy in individuals

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PXWO TIL that the main programmer responsible for writing and maintaining the GNU Privacy Guard (used by journalists and security professionals) almost went broke, but he received funding from Facebook, The Linux Foundation and Stripe after an internet article pointed out his dire financial situation.
4XjK6 TIL Indigenous Australians were the first people to bake bread. Around 15,000 years earlier than Egyptians
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KYAna TIL worms survived NASA's Columbia Shuttle Disaster
9AkQ TIL the scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales