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TIL the first country that will be entirely lost to rising sea levels (Kiribati) is already planning the complete, permanent evacuation of its population

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NDo1 TIL that a Filipino Senator once spoke for 18 straight hours to stall for time while waiting for a member of his party to arrive to cast the deciding vote on the control of the Senate. After the outspoken Senator was done, the arriving senator voted against his own party.
nWoxB TIL: No on born blind has ever been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
j6APR TIL that Cuba have only cashed 1 cheque that America have sent them for the lease for the land that Guantanamo Bay Naval Base sits on since 1959.
kOAy7 TIL that when Kiefer Sutherland found out about a "24" drinking game where you drink every time he says "damn it," he decided to play along and started saying the phrase as many times as he could in an episode.
jNWDa TIL the King's doctor Johann Struensee seized power for over a year in 18th century Denmark. He managed to abolish slavery, abolish censorship of the press, and have an affair with the Queen before being ousted and executed in 1772