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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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d8lj8 TIL Gases produced from most foods are actually odorless. But certain foods result in the formation of sulfur-containing gases like hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, so when it builds up in the colon and eventually gets released, the result can carry a rotten egg-like odor.
4Yr5 TIL that the French ensign (French flag flown at sea) is not equally proportioned in its sections (30:33:37) because it was intended to look equal only when moving
l7ZB5 TIL Meryl Streep's agent did not make it clear to her that she did not get cast as Miss Kenton in Remains of the Day after the director and her agent sold her on it. She learned of it by reading it, that Emma Thompson, who is 10 years younger, was cast instead. Soon after, she fired her agent.
LnBm TIL that no point within the state of Michigan is more than 6 miles from a lake
OoVA7 TIL The average American loses his or her virginity by age 17. Virgins make up 12.3 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males aged 20 to 24. That number drops below 5 percent for both male and female virgins aged 25 to 29 and goes as low as 0.3 percent for virgins aged 40 to 44.