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TIL - CDC has a plan in case of zombie apocalipse.

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R5Kd4 TIL about "scientific" matchmaking tests Hugo Gernsback proposed in the 1920s, which describes four tests that can be given to a couple to assess whether a marriage will succeed.
Z8wd4 TIL that Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness
7opp TIL in 1999, James Saville was arrested and charged with plotting to kill Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt.
x6yg5 TIL in Japan people count with their fingers in the opposite direction, where 1 is indicated by 4 fingers
X04Nj TIL during the Civil War, the Confederates used Bermuda as a commerce center to get around the Union blockade.