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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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nePbP TIL that the founder of chiropractic says he received it from "the other world"; that the tenets of chiropractic were passed along to him by a doctor who had died 50 years previously.
RGV1 TIL if you don’t identify as an “extrovert” or “introvert,” you might be an “ambivert.” An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.
b9MxN TIL there is a difference between medical signs and symptoms
BrlEx TIL of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who in 1938 flew across the Atlantic in an experimental aircraft. Despite the Air Traffic Controller deeming it a suicide flight, and a fuel leak, he successfully completed the trip. He claimed to have lost his way in the clouds and lost his license for 2 weeks.
E1pMo TIL that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.