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TIL Google Maps considers world conflicts when mapping directions

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AKbg TIL that out of 1,000,000 LEGO blocks manufactured, only about 18 blocks are rejected.
6EdWY TIL: The younger son of US President Calvin Coolidge died from an infected blister he got playing tennis without wearing socks.
5oaR TIL that Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional IRA, was elected to British Parliament while in prison. He was never seated and died after 66 days of hunger-striking.
XEo9D TIL that there is a planned bike trail that will run from Maine to Florida
NXbdM TIL that in 2016, France legislated a Food Waste Law that bans supermarkets from wasting unsold food. It mandates that supermarkets must compost their leftover produce, or donate the goods to charity.