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TIL that just as % stands for per cent, ‰ stands for per mille

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veZx TIL that Missing Children Europe, has a service that let’s webmasters replace their 404 error page by a custom one that puts the picture of a missing kid on the page. It’s accompanied by the text “PAGE NOT FOUND, NEITHER IS THIS KID”
N7QvE TIL in Japan ~%99 of people are cremated. After cremation, the family uses chopsticks to transfer the bones out of the ash and into an urn. This is the ONLY time is acceptable to pass anything from chopsticks to chopsticks. Doing such outside of a funeral can remind bystanders of a recent funeral.
yQLeM TIL broccoli stems contain just as many nutrients as the whole broccoli
lo8eA TIL that a typical microwave oven consumes more electricity powering its clock than it does heating food.
Ajew Til that young people born to rich families who don’t go to college are 2.5 times more likely to end up in the richest quartile than young people born to poor families who do go college