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TIL Albert Einstein was passionate about sailing despite not knowing how to swim and refusing to wear a lifejacket.

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NWPJ TIL Iceland is the only NATO country with no standing army.
Wk6oB TIL a “Tontine” is an arrangement where a group of people buy into a lottery, and whoever lives the longest wins the entire pot.
b6MP0 TIL the Cheech and Chong's "Basketball Jones" included George Harrison on guitar, Carol King on electric piano, Ronnie Specter and Darleen Love on backing vocals and a supergroup of session musicians who had worked with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Earth Wind and Fire, Blues Brothers and others.
KY0QQ TIL it was reported that over 500k children died as a result of sanctions on Iraq after the first gulf war, despite it being proven as a manipulation of census data by Saddam’s government, is still believed by many Iraqis today.
15vP TIL that the United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, but almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. The United States has more citizens in prison than any other country in the world.