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TIL there are portions of the oceans that are essentially deserts if you only look at the amount of rainfall they receive.

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wLMR6 TIL that if Massachusetts were a country, its students would rank 9th in the world
v44j TIL an engineer in the 1930’s apparently created a “rainmaking machine”, made it rain in several places and then disappeared without a trace
9w5bm TIL that Stephen King discarded the initial pages of Carrie until his wife retrieved them from the trash. This led to the publication of his first novel, which became a phenomenal success, launching his career into the multi-million-dollar industry
VMWNZ TIL A Soviet scientist, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov has attempted inseminate three female chimpanzees with human sperm as a part of his controversial attempts to create a human-ape hybrid. The purpose of the project was to "prove" evolution and use it as propaganda against the Russian Orthodox Church.
9YDeQ TIL There is a German Institute for Humour, which offers professional seminars and humour trainings for those interested. "Humour improves the learning atmosphere, it improves sales and can be a useful tool for change management within a company."