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TIL Harry R. Truman (not the former president) died in the lodge that he built, where he met his wife, with his 16 cats in the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption on May 18, 1980

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eQWJ TIL In Taiwan, store receipts come with a free lottery number printed at the top, and winning numbers are drawn every two months. The initiative has been running over 60 years, and encourages businesses and consumers to keep good records.
kMoB China is the most irreligious country on Earth. As of 2012, a whopping 87.4% of residents claim no interest or relevance in religion whatsoever.
nW48r TIL that people who work with birds or own many birds can get a disease called “Bird Fancier's Lung”. It is triggered by exposure to avian proteins present in the dry dust of droppings or feathers of a variety of birds.
4Xyo TIL that there are planets without stars, that they could outnumber the stars in the galaxy, and could easily harbor bacterial life.
o5gW TIL morality, empathy, altruism and gratitude have been observed in non-human mammals, suggesting that our own sense of morality comes not from religion or society, but from biology.