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TIL the UK has the healthiest teeth in the world

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Odme TIL There is an emergency hotline in the US where you can call and listen to Hall and Oates songs
VMGJ4 TIL that Danny DeVito used worked as a hair dresser in his sister's beauty shop for six months when he was just 19. The salon was at a central place in New Jersey and he loved the female attention, though eventually decided he is better off moving to Manhattan and trying to find an acting gig.
kJky5 TIL There is no laundry facility on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts typically wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then discard them. These clothes are placed in a cargo ship that will eventually burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Wvyd TIL that US nutrition labels can be off by as much as 20% and still be within FDA guidelines.
l7jM7 TIL the Republic of Dagestan is one of the most linguistically diverse for its size administrative divisions on earth. With territory similar in size to Costa Rica, it has 14 oficial languages and between 30 and 50 native languages in total. Some are spoken in a single village.