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TIL only 3.5% of the world population lives in a country they weren't born in.

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p8BGZ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
oBP1L TIL- In 1968, During the Height of the Civil Rights Struggle in the U.S., Mr. Rogers Shared a Wading Pool with the Police Officer on His Show, a Black Man, and Later Shared a Towell and Dried His Feet For Him a Revolutionary Act at the Time
oBQDR TIL the ADIDAS and Puma shoe factories would become a key supplier to clubs in the Hitler Youth after the takeover of the Nazis. Their shoes were even used as the official sports shoes for the German teams during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin.
OonBe TIL that the do-not-call list does not work anymore; which has allowed massive robocalls to happen
pYoNO TIL of Washington Principles as per which governments agreed to encourage museums to conduct provenance research on their collections, identify art seized by the Nazis, and seek “just and fair solutions” with the original Jewish collectors and their heirs on stolen works