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TIL of the marriage market in Shanghai, China. Every weekend parents come to the market to exchange information about their unmarried adult children and arrange blind dates.

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Me7r7 Unpredictable extremes of weather could be a huge problem. Simon N. Gosling, a geographer at the University of Nottingham in England, and Robert E. Davis of the University of Virginia agree that hotter weather on average isn't as dangerous as unexpected weather. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April looked at how temperature fluctuations over a single summer affect mortality in vulnerable populations.
p8gdO TIL the smallest state forest in New York measures 348 square feet and contains the stump of only a single tree that was cut down in 2015.
9YyX TIL that Grammy nominee and former lead guitarist for Anthrax, Dan Spitz, retired to become “…one of the best watchmakers in the world.”
PYNde TIL Quentin Tarantino said in 2010 that had never met his father, Tony Tarantino, who had wanted to be an actor and claims he was blacklisted in the 1960s. Said Quentin: "He wanted to be an actor [...] Now he's an actor only because he has my last name"
nWlx9 TIL that there is a narrow boat tunnel over 3 miles long in Britain that takes over an hour to pass through on a small boat