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TIL that Bruce Lee was born in the US because his dad was on tour with the opera. This allowed him to later become a US citizen.

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b97kN TIL that a single exposure to rudeness in the morning can contaminate people's perception of subsequent social interactions throughout the day, causing them to perceive more instances of rudeness.
YRVW TIL: 2 countries have 0.00% unemployment
xV7Xk TIL that Lithuanian politician Artūras Zuokas won an IG Nobel prize in 2011, for “demonstrating that the problem of illegal parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with a tank”. Zuokas had used an armoured vehicle to run over an illegally parked car in a Vilinus bike lane.
9anr TIL Norway has a law titled “allemannsretten" which means “the right to roam,” nearly everywhere (outdoors) in Norway is accessible to the general public, as long as you pick up your garbage!
Y7kO7 TIL until now only two women mathematicians were awarded the prestigious Fields medal. The first woman to win the medal was Maryam Mirzakhani from Iran and the second woman was Maryna Viazovska from Ukraine