Today I learned that the CIA and Buckingham Palace carried out a coup against the Australian government in 1975
TIL that there's a politician named Harvey Epstein that is unrelated to either Harvey Weinstein nor Jeffery Epstein.
TIL Social Pain (rejection) and physical pain overlap parts of the same neural pain pathway, and acetaminophen (paracetamol) alleviate social pain. Proof of social pain hurts as much as physical pain
TIL Chung Sun-sin, head of South Korea Office of Investigation protected his son who bullied his classmate close to suicide so that his son could go into the top university
Today I learned that until last month, it was illegal for British cities 🇬🇧 to set up their own non-profit bus services. That's why all UK Bus services were private.
TIL: Only four countries in the world have no government mandated minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays: Palau, Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States of America.
TIL that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking volunteers for help to track hurricanes
TIL about the "Left-behind children" in China, due to the Hukou System, children were often left in their rural villages to be cared by relatives while the parents work in urban areas.
