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TIL 90% of Scotch whisky made in Scotland is exported.

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xVYdk TIL that Germans are low in cultural context: individualism, alienation, estrangement from other people, little body contact, and low sensitivity to nonverbal cues. By contrast, the French are high context: closely knit groups, sensitive to nonverbal cues, and engage in high amounts of body contact.
QX8k TIL the human heart can be replaced with two turbines, causing a constant flow of blood rather than a pulse.
1amDX TIL Richard Nixon and his family were the first guests to ride the monorail at Disneyland
ADNmg TIL One of the most common ways in which cold sores are spread is through coming in direct contact with someone who has one such as by kissing someone with HSV-1. You cannot give your dog cold sores, or vice-versa but there are feline and canine versions of the virus
dDxG7 TIL about the stylitism, a trend among early Christian monks who practiced asceticism by living atop a pillar. One stylite stayed atop his pillar for 54 years without ever coming down