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TIL one of the only ways for Americans to reset their credit score is to move to another country.

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Y7nlA TIL the tiny nation of Vanuatu has the world's highest linguistic density per capita. Its population of 300,000 speak 138 indigenous Oceanic languages. That's not counting the languages brought in by new migrants.
nOEY TIL Roman aqueducts took into account the curvature of the Earth.
9w51r TIL the Voyager missions launched when it launched, so as to take advantage (for the purpose of gravitational assist) of a rare alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, that happens only once, every 175 years.
gMYPA TIL a baby penguin was born without feathers in a Chinese zoo and was thus rejected by his parents, but the zookeepers found out he had digestion problems so they fed him by hand until he grew feathers and was reunited with his parents
wLNJ8 TIL that alcohol activates the same receptors that respond to heat, and does so better than actual heat. Thats why getting alcohol in a cut hurts so damn bad.