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TIL that raising your fruits & vegetables consumption leads not just to a healthier, but a happier life, equivalent to what people experience as they move from an unemployed status to employment

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jNWBM TIL that the Great Sphinx of Giza was carved from a single mass of limestone exposed when workers dug a horseshoe-shaped quarry in the Giza plateau.
DAnV TIL In 2005, a Croatian architect installed a set of large marble stairs that descends into the sea that effectively transform the entire area into a colossal musical instrument played by the motions of the winds and the sea. It is called ‘The Zadar Sea Organ’
xV401 TIL Yellapragada Subbarow who discovered ATP, methotrexate and tetracycline couldn't graduate medical school as he refused to wear British surgical gowns in favour of Khadi ones supporting the Indian independence movement.
e04r6 TIL in one of Charles XII's (King of Sweden) drunken escapades he forced a bear to drink so much wine that it fell out of the palace window and died. After this incident Charles vowed to quit drinking which he adhered to, with a few small exceptions, for the rest of his life.
VM8D4 TIL there is a spinner on the bottom of UK pedestrian crossing buttons to help blind people know when the lights are red so it is safe to cross.