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TIL Lack of social interaction might be just as bad for you as smoking or drinking.

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QDKM TIL that the town of Boring, Oregon has ‘paired up’ with the town of Dull, Scotland to promote tourism in both places.
4Xv6 TIL South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel carjackers
kOpZd TIL there are 69 cities in the world with a population larger than Finland, the largest of which - Tokyo - could fit six Finlands' worth of people in it
D1alD TIL in 1907 a 9,317 mile automobile race from Peking to Paris was held after a French newspaper asked if anyone could prove their claim that if a man has a car, he can go anywhere. The race was held despite the race committee cancelling the race and the winner won a bottle of champagne.
6E6bY TIL if you put your head under water in Kerosene Creek , a hot spring in New Zealand, its possible for amoebas in the water to get into your nose. They then pass through your nerves into your brain. Once they are in your brain they eat your neurons and you eventually die. Death is almost guaranteed.