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TIL that Finland reduced its infant mortality rate when the government gave out baby boxes to new parents after WW2, now it’s a thing

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jNM0n TIL When USSR premier Nikita Khrushchev visited IBM's Silicon Valley research facility in 1959 he showed indifference to computing technology, but he was so impressed by their buffet style cafeteria that he instructed factories across the Soviet Union to implement the self service dining concept.
R7Jna TIL that microfluidics lab-on-a-chip application can be made in the comfort of your kitchen with the help of Shrinky Dinks
51JQ TIL the Netherlands have the highest amount of tornadoes of any european country, followed by the UK
opQY TIL the U.S. Government spends more on Oil Industry Subsidies than the entire budget for NASA.
b9jDZ TIL Brazilian priest, Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, died after he floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons and crashed into the ocean