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TIL i learned that Finland has the cleanest air in the world by country

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kJrL4 TIL "The Diary of Anne Frank" was pulled out of a rejection pile at Doubleday by editor Judith Jones. After reading it all day, she insisted to her boss that it must be published. He said, 'What? That book by that kid?'
PYLLV TIL that a major reason Florida appears to have so many crazy people is that the state's transparency laws give the media access to all arrest reports.
woMV6 TIL the Call of Duty video game franchise has had the #1 best-selling game in the US by dollar sales every year from 2008-2024 except for Grand Theft Auto V in 2013, Red Dead Redemption II in 2018, and Hogwarts Legacy in 2023.
AD8kB TIL The word "raccoon" was adopted into English from the native Powhatan term, as used in the Colony of Virginia. It was recorded on John Smith's list of Powhatan words as aroughcun, and on that of William Strachey as arathkone
b6BX7 TIL that brain stimulation using a device that can be built for $20 accelerates learning through a process called transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS).