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TIL There's a culture of walking around barefoot in New Zealand

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ZmDa TIL the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, and New Mexico weren’t states, the Ottoman Empire was still around, and women could not yet vote.
6N0m TIL Louisiana is the prison capital of the world - 1 out of every 86 adults is behind bars, which is the highest rate in the US and twice the national rate
vMwK TIL that Steve Tilston, an English folk singer, was sent a letter from John Lennon in 1971 in which John wrote, “Being rich doesn’t change your experience in the way you think.” Steve Tilston didn’t receive this letter until 2005, 32 years later.
PYR6e TIL that despite not existing for the past 30 years, the Soviet Union still holds the most Olympic gold medals for wrestling.
m1DoP TIL about Spontaneous Human Combustion," a phenomenon where a body is found burned to ashes but surrounding objects are largely untouched, explained by forensic science as the wick effect, body fat melts and soaks into their clothes, acting like the wax fuel in a candle