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TIL that with a population of 170 million people, Bangladesh is the most populous country to have never won a medal at the Olympic Games.

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awgnA TIL Stephen Colbert donates his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity
EvXo TIL a study showed that US public opinion on policies has a “minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact” on the chance a bill will become law. Contrarily, economic elite’s opinions have substantial impact and high correlation with policy change.
Qvde TIL 40 days and 40 nights from the Bible wasn’t literally 40 days and 40 nights - 40 was just an ancient hebrew expression used to describe a non-specific long period of time
rddo TIL that during WWII storks migrating from Holland to South Africa were found with messages taped to their legs that read, “Help us! The Nazis are killing us all!”
8ayQG TIL: Massachusetts Governor and Boston Mayor James M. Curley was denied a spot in the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1932, so he engineered his selection as a delegate for Puerto Rico under the alias of Alcalde Jaime Curleo