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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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4X51o TIL of Charles Dickinson West who was hired by the Empire of Japan in 1882 to teach steam engine mechanics & mechanical engineering at Tokyo University. He assisted in the development of the Imperial Japanese Navy & was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Meiji in 1905.
0w8vN TIL about The Grievance Study Affair. Two professors changed the text of Mein Kampf replacing the word "Jews"with "the patriarchy". It got published in an academic journal.
KYLa9 TIL a turtles heart beat five days after it was decapitated
Oomn6 TIL that in the movie Wolf of Wall Street, Jonah Hill wore a prosthetic penis for his masturbation scene at the beach party. However, his fellow actors were unaware of this and their reactions are genuine.
6E0QY TIL about William Price, a Welsh doctor known for his nationalism, labor advocacy, nudism, and practice of Neo-Druidism. He believed his destiny was to liberate Wales from English rule, thought socks were unhygienic, and named two of his children Iesu Grist, which is Welsh for Jesus Christ.