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TIL that there are very few figurative statues in honour of enslaved people in the entire Caribbean - only 6!

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vPGBx TIL that there exists a poisonous bird: the hooded pitohui.
Blmr TIL: During the Deepwater horizon crisis, two Dutch competitors, owned cleanup technologies that were superior to anything owned by the U.S. However, the Jones Act, required that all goods transported between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed, owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.
NpyM TIL that in Saudi Arabia the weekend is Thursday and Friday. Some business leaders want to switch to a Friday-Saturday weekend to match other Middle Eastern countries, but religious conservatives don’t want to share a weekend with Israel.
DQxlv TIL Brazil’s humanitarian crisis exposed suffering of Yanomami people under Bolsonaro government
4WX5 TIL that Dragon Ball characters Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Kami, Mr. Popo, Jeice, Recoome, Korin, Burter, Shenlong, Zarbon, Guru, Porunga were all voiced by the same guy