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l71n1 TIL: The Burmese Alphabet is made curvy to prevent a leaf from ripping when being written on.
p8LDb TIL despite modern connotations of death as evil, the Greek god Hades was actually more altruistically inclined. Very few individual aspects of his personality were recorded, as Greeks refrained from giving him much thought to avoid attracting his attention.
nexMP TIL that women now out number men by almost a 60% to 40% ratio for nearly all degrees in higher education, this is especially so in business and MBA programs.
5bjr TIL 49.2% of the population of Niger is under 15 years of age.
8aMv8 TIL that in 2006 a secret speech by the Hungarian Prime Minister was leaked in which he admitted that they lied all the time during their term and didn't do anything useful. It provoked nationwide protests including a siege of the Hungarian Television building.