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TIL that in Bhutan they prefer to talk about "Gross National Happiness" rather than Gross Domestic Product. Although the idea was conceptualized as early as 1972, it was not until 2008 that the first Bhutanese GNH survey was organized nationwide, thanks to a long questionnaire.

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dbGj TIL identical twin boys were raised as a brother-sister pair (botched circumcision). The truth came when the one being raised as girl suspected he was a boy; the parents admitted he was the subject of an experiment trying to prove gender identity was nurture, not nature. He later committed suicide.
yVydl TIL: In April this year, Dubai once again broke the record for the most expensive license plate in the world, when "7" was sold for $15 million at auction. Some countries such as Hong Kong (where "R" and "W" were $3 million) auction off rare license plate numbers to the wealthy. In the US, it's $60.
byPj TIL Adolf Frederick, former King of Sweden, died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered as “the king who ate himself to death.”
PRae TIL that a quarter of the US doesn’t have access to dependable broadband. They still use dial-up
VBBwk TIL an orange tabby cat called Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, a small town in Alaska for 20 years! He had several uncontested elections and although he didn’t hold any legislative power, he was loved by locals and tourists alike.