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TIL According to Greek traditions, tossing children’s loose teeth to a roof brings good luck.

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v1yW7 TIL that in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey, a quota system limits students of any one country or linguistic region (e.g. English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries) to 10% of the school’s total population, which results in the 450 students coming from over 70 countries
yZ8X TIL the only reason to add salt to water for cooking pasta is to add flavor. It would take 15 tablespoons of salt to raise the boiling temperature of 1L of water by 2 degrees.
rNlYy TIL Actor Danny Trejo holds the record of the most on-screen deaths of any actor, with 65 deaths to his name.
eL4b TIL A woman from Prague decided to commit suicide by jumping from her third-story balcony. By chance she happened to land on her spouse below, cushioning her fall. She survived, but he died.
Z4PQ TIL that just 5 years after its invention, the smallpox vaccine was sent throughout the world by the King of Spain, stored in 22 orphans. The developer himself, Edward Jenner wrote, “I don’t imagine the annals of history furnish an example of philanthropy so noble, so extensive as this.”