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TIL Almost 2/3 of Americans never left the country. Only 36% of Americans have passports According to the State Department.

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P1KwE TIL that in 1933, the state of Western Australian voted by a clear majority to secede from the Australian Federation, but at the same time, voted out a pro-seccessionist Premier in favour of the anti-seccession candidate. Efforts to implement secession were ultimately complex and unsuccessful.
JYJXk TIL: A Japanese cup of rice is not a cup of rice (sort of)
gNY7 TIL the former Prime Minister of Vietnam moved to Orange County after the war, where he opened and ran a liquor store
Ok64 TIL A 90-year-old woman was trapped in her bathtub for 3 days and survived by drinking water from a rubber duck.
rB00 TIL Most cars on the road in Cuba are Classic Cars, due to the Embargo not allowing the import of cars newer than 1959. This restriction was lifted in 2011.