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TIL that the President of Seychelles is an Anglican priest

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x9Gg TIL: Liberia was a founding member of the UN and a successful African nation…until 1980 when a USA-backed coup assassinated the President, and executed the entire government. Liberia collapsed into a civil war and never recovered.
x6pjD TIL in the cover art for Sgt Pepper’s, John Lennon requested that both Hitler and Jesus be included as figurines. In the final shoot they were placed behind the Beatles and are not noticeable in the artwork
gM96D TIL- during the Krakatoa eruptions and resulting tsunamis, a javanese lighthouse keeper refused to leave his post, survived after the lighthouse collapsed, lost his wife and child, and built a makeshift light just a few hours afterward so that ships wouldn't run aground.
rNR6y TIL helium is a finite resource and that, at our going rate, we will have used up the entire planet’s helium reserves in just over 100 years
v1bXx TIL At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.