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TIL India celebrates Children’s Day on November 14th, exactly 9 months after Valentines Day.

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p8NbO TIL there is a podcast episode of Futurama from 2017 with the original cast and writers
MeDN0 TIL: That Moores law states that the number of transistors per square inch doubles every 18 months not the processing power of the hardware
e0EY4 TIL People have “stripes” that glow under UV light. German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko discovered Blaschko’s Lines in 1901, which show the migration of embryonic skin cells. The lines aren’t normally visible unless the person has a skin disorder such as chimerism.
ajAJ TIL that despite earning $967 million in global revenue, the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix fell short of being profitable by $167 million.
b91Za TIL Nurses are sometimes called sisters because in Medieval Europe, the Catholic Church provided hospital services and nuns (sisters) would serve as nurses.