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TIL Bhutan ethnically cleansed up to 40% of its population in the 90s and are now what some people consider the happiest nation in the world

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9wlAr TIL that the University of Odense in Denmark houses the world's largest collection of brains, taken from mental health patients over four decades until the 1980s, with a total of 9,479 brains stored on countless shelves in its basement.
KejJ TIL that there are only 4 recorded instances of people being killed by orcas, all by captive whales - and 3 of the deaths involved the same whale, Tilikum.
yZyp TIL that as of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime, which is more than half of his current net worth of $61 billion.
neD4W TIL that most people don't brush the roofs of their mouths when they brush their teeth. ???
be50 TIL that minutes after John Lennon was shot, Howard Cosell fought fellow commentator Frank Gifford to interrupt ABC’s Monday Night Football and announce the news to their live TV audience.