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TIL Several countries have started to successfully decommodified housing to varying degrees. With the Vienna model being a highly renowned example with 62% of its residents living in social or subsidized housing.

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dDWQE TIL that Gore-Tex is composed of the material commercially know as Teflon. It has tiny perforations that will pass water vapour but not droplets.
5Ebp TIL The synthesizer that Ferris Bueller uses to simulate his realistic-sounding coughs is an E-MU Emulator II, which at the time went for around $8,000. That’s equivalent to over $17,000 in today’s dollars.
v1DrB TIL Norwegians pay half tax in November (compensating by pay more tax in other months), so everyone has more money for Christmas.
VBkdp TIL that Leonard Nimoy refused to join Star Trek the Animated Series without George Takai and Nichelle Nichols claiming they were proof of ethic diversity in the 23rd century.
jNQZM TIL that puppy's eyes and ears open about 2 weeks after birth. However they are born with a fully functional sense of smell. They use this to find their mother's teats and their littermates. They become distressed if separated from their siblings.