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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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rXmw TIL that America donates the most per capita to charity than any other country.
EgY0x TIL Yellow tennis balls were invented by David Attenborough. In 1967 when he was controller of BBC2, he had the job of introducing colour TV and suggested switching from white to a fluorescent yellow ball for easier visibility
5A6D TIL Red Lobster lost $3.3 million dollars during a 7 week promotion in 2003. Each restaurant started losing money on the third plate of crab legs served.
pYABO TIL the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis (the highest mountain in Scotland and the UK) was made by James Robertson, an Edinburgh botanist, in 1771.
b60XZ TIL about the Bitch Wars: gulag prisoners who’d helped fight the Nazis in WW2 vs those who’d refused