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TIL Yurii is the Slavic form of the name George

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4nxN TIL that a 2010 study showed that 5000 people with PhDs were janitors.
aymN TIL that our galaxy plus a few more are trapped in this thing called the local group that only makes up 0.00000000001 percent of the observable universe and because of the nature of the expanding universe, we’ll never be able to leave the local group. Even with light speed travel.
X9lr TIL that back in 1990s, a chinese gynecologist discovered AIDS and its nature to spread by blood. She tried to warn and save thousands of uneducated farmers, but got hunted down by the Chinese government because they were profiting from the incident, forcing her exile.
OGaJY TIL that Alexander Fleming was Knighted and awarded the Nobel Prize for essentially blowing his nose and then several years later letting something go moldy
G97 TIL that in the Balkans, two beers compete for market dominance: Union & Laško. Drinkers are fiercely loyal to one or the other. However, the rivalry is manufactured; they are made by the same company.