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TIL A study found that more years of education is correlated with higher life satisfaction, better health, and lower divorce rates even when controlling for income.

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R5578 TIL limes are only green because they are unripe. They are sent that way to stores because they’re easier to ship. Unlike oranges and lemons, limes don’t ripen once picked, so they stay green. Ripe limes are yellow.
jgvn TIL that there s a large-ish group of people who call themselves Otherkin who self-identify as animals, real or fictional, and even inanimate objects apparently.
X9Ok TIL: There was a time millions of years ago when trees would die but not decompose. Forests would become massive areas of dead wood. These would catch fire and created staggeringly large fires. Much of the coal we consume today formed as a result of this period.
69Ma7 TIL that Tahiti is the first and only nation other than Australia and New Zealand to win the OFC Men’s Nations Cup
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