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TIL there's a country named CHAD, in Central Africa. What a flex.

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16Qad Today I learned of the Summer Koshien, a national high school baseball tournament in Japan, which is the most watched sporting event in the country.
E1Dxx TIL American Musician Meat Loaf has survived a serious car wreck, breaking both legs after jumping off-stage, being struck on the head with a shot during a shot-put event, the emergency landing of a jet with a faulty landing gear, severe dehydration and a heart condition.
e0Om5 TIL of the secret bunker in Rothenstein, Germany where billionaires hide away in a crisis - luxury apartments, a swimming pool, movie theater, pub - all in an underground bunker designed to withstand a nuclear war... or pandemic.
e0g64 TIL that an Indian policeman in the state of Manipur confessed to more than 100 staged killings
Vd88 TIL that Bill Murray was pre-med in college but dropped out after being arrested for marijuana possession. After, he joined the National Lampoon Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner.