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TIL Mexico's fertility rate is below replacement level.

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0DlA TIL there is no physical description of Jesus in the Bible.
nW4Br TIL Wachovia Bank, a unit of Wells Fargo & Co, paid $160M in 2010 to settle drug money probe. The systematic failure by Wachovia to maintain effective anti-money laundering controls had led to more than $400B in unmonitored funds being channeled to accounts at the bank between 2004 & 2007.
Ovk1 TIL that while gold has been mined for 6,000 years, 75% of all extracted gold was mined after 1910
GY88g TIL about the unusual phenomenon of "exploding trees." The trees explode when water in the tree's sap freezes. As the liquid hardens, it expands, eventually bursting the trees open emitting a gunshot-like pop. The exploding trees often bring down others with them, resulting in major damage.
5myR TIL a woman grew up isolated in the Siberian forest, without seeing anybody outside her immediate family until they were discovered in 1978. She remains there still, as the sole surviving family member.