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l9d7 TIL the Amazon river discharges more water into the ocean than the next 7 largest rivers combined.
JvbB TIL that Kanye West did an SNL skit about interrupting award shows two years BEFORE the Taylor Swift incident
GAy01 TIL in that 1999, Mexico began requiring drivers of American registered cars to leave a safety deposit of up to $800 before they could cross the border, as an effort to deter the crime of smuggling stolen American cars. It only lasted two days primarily due to complaints from American tourists.
0d0wL TIL cheetahs can have support dogs
dDXgE TIL French personalities the Bogdanoff twins were the grandsons of Roland Hayes, one of the first successful Black classical composers. A Czech countess, Bertha Krakowska-Kolowrat, had an affair with Hayes, resulting in the birth of the twins' mother and Bertha's expulsion from the nobility.