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TIL that Rwanda is the only country in the world with a female majority in parliament

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WgX4 TIL it is illegal for a US citizen to participate in boycott against Israel,we even have a government office tasked with ensuring that no boycotts of Israel are created ,the US Office of Antiboycott Compliance
xXeb TIL spelling 58008/BOOBS on a calculator has a corollary in Portuguese - 50135 spells SEIOS, which means breasts.
7bvp TIL a key aerospace scientist in the U.S. named Qian Xue Shen, was forced to return to China during the Red Scare, where he founded the Chinese space and missile programs.
kOB6g TIL that there is a 8.5 cm (3.3 in) aluminium astronaut on the moon called the Fallen Astronaut meant to honor astronauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
Wk4G9 TIL what about progressive JPEG. A method of compressing and loading images on the Web