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TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.

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786kM TIL Betel (Areca) nut is the 4th most-used psychoactive drug in the world, after nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine. It's estimated that at least 10% of the world population (600 million people) chew Betel nut, despite high risk of cancers and heart disease.
QNKpE TIL Desiré Wilson is the only woman to win a Formula One race of any kind
oeOo TIL Axl Rose’s original concept for the Sweet Child o’ Mine music video was to depict a drug trafficker carrying her child into a foreign country. It would then be revealed the child was dead and full of heroin.
grr1W TIL that in the 19th century people formed Fat Mens Clubs that celebrated overeating and being obese
pA14 TIL that police shot and killed at least 94 pet dogs in the U.S. in 2000. By 2008, that number spiked to 681. And through October 2014 there were at least 510 dog shootings by cops.