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TIL that Bhutan measures its success not by its GDP but by its GNH, or gross national happiness

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Ypnx TIL that today (13th of September) is Roald Dahl Day. (Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, etc.)
GkM1 TIL in 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen against an conservative, ex-military Republican incumbent. Thompson shaved his head totally bald, so he could refer to the competing party, who was sporting a close-cropped crewcut, as ‘my longhaired opponent’ in speeches and interviews.
vjOR TIL there’s a livestream of the sounds of the Antarctic Ocean. You can hear ice singing, glaciers crashing, and occasionally marine life.
BJAd TIL that most almonds are really poisonous and “eating even a few dozen in one sitting can be fatal” and that how we bred safe ones remains a mystery.
1aOKd TIL Only 1 in 3000 Calico Cats are male and Only about 1 in 10,000 Calico males are fertile