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TIL Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. It has a 'sovereign fund' of $1 trillion, around $200,000 for each of it's 5 million citizens to support future generations.

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Qwb6 TIL Canada has a specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.
VM61Q TIL 9/11 news coverage went 93 hrs uninterrupted.
VMVmB TIL about Alice Ball, an African American woman who, in 1915, at the age of 23 revolutionized the treatment for leprosy, by creating an soluble & injectable treatment from chaulmoogra oil.
WkaG8 TIL The Slovak government had to overturn an internet driven decision to name a bridge after Chuck Norris.
X9RE TIL when Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was trapped in a coma, he was unresponsive until a doctor tried asking, “Can you hear me, Bugs?” Blanc responded weakly, “Myeeeeh. What’s up doc?”