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TIL Scotland is #1 cocaine consuming country in the world

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epDwn TIL the Hindi/Sanskrit word that Ancient Indians (~5000 BCE) used and still use for "Study of Geography" and it is "Bhoo-Gol", literally "Bhoo" = Land or Earth and "Gol/Gola" = Round
7AQL TIL There was a girl who ate almost nothing besides chicken nuggets since she was 2.
mx5Wo TIL of Andy—a footless goose born in the 1980s who walked around in baby shoes. He rapidly became a huge star and appeared all over the media, before he was murdered in 1991. His death sparked a nation-wide outrage and a $10,000 reward for information about his killer, but the case was never solved.
l7pNN TIL in 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game (and solo no-hitter) in World Series history with just 97 pitches - only one batter was able to get to a three-ball count.
4kVEg TIL Sweden had a colony in the Americas. "New Sweden" straddling modern-days Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware