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TIL in Afghanistan, 70% of population is under the age of 25

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gpp4 TIL That the man who invented Tang also invented Cool Whip, Pop Rocks, and quick set Jell-o.
lo4D5 TIL that in 2014 when impoverished Ivory Coast cocoa farmers were asked what they were growing was made into, they didn’t know. The farmers knew cocoa was some type of food but they had never heard of or tasted chocolate until reporters brought them a chocolate bar to try.
wjVJ TIL that in India mobile internet was used 4.1 million times per month on average to search with the word ‘rape’ over the past year.Search keywords included “Indian girls raped”, “raping video”,“raped in public”, “little girl raped”, “raping mom”, “father raping daughter” and “raped to death”.
Z0JQ TIL there have been more Chinese slaves than African slaves
P1KWG TIL in 2022, James Earl Jones officially retired from voicing Darth Vader, but signed permission for Lucasfilm to use archive recordings and AI to continue using his voice for the character.