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TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.

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wjyP TIL that in 2005 a man was executed in Singapore for possessing 1 kg of cannabis, due to Singapore’s harsh drug laws
Mjjb TIL According to researchers, there will be no seafood left to catch by 2048, except for jellyfish, which will thrive in the new, collapsed ecosystem.
nPxo TIL Norwegians are using ‘Texas’ as a slang term for 'crazy’
VMZXp TIL nine years ago we had the technology to display on a screen what people see in their minds. (How has this technology progressed since then, one wonders?)
epkL5 TIL: That following the solar eclipse of August 11 1999, the BMJ reported only 14 cases of eye damage from improper viewing of the eclipse, a number lower than initially feared. In one of the most serious cases the patient had looked at the Sun without eye protection for 20 minutes.