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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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VM98Z TIL about Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hotel that has been running for over 1300 years, ever since it began in 705. It has been ran over 52 generations by the same family, which still operates it today.
awZOZ TIL that composer Johann Schobert (NOT Schubert) died from eating poisonous mushrooms, after two people told him not to eat them. A doctor friend insisted that they were edible. Schobert, the doctor, his wife, and all but one of his children ate the resulting mushroom soup and died.
WRvo TIL that a single type of bacteria may have once wiped out over 90% of earth’s lifeforms.
gM49b TIL That widespread, angry protests targeting returning Vietnam veterans are largely an urban myth aimed at dividing veterans and other anti-war protesters.
WglN TIL: There is a ‘Wood Floor of the Year’ award presented by the National Wood Flooring Association at the National Wood Flooring Association Wood Floor Expo.