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TIL Estonia is considered the first digital nation

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4Vba TIL that Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs are not only banned in the US, but attempting to smuggle them in is punishable by up to $2500 per egg
epdLD TIL a Mississippi driver's license does not require a driving test just a written exam.
R7eWl TIL about Charles Poland, a school bus driver who literally died trying to protect the students on his bus from a violent kidnapper.
PmkV TIL that Windhoek, Namibia has been using Direct Potable Reuse (treated and filtered sewage becomes drinking water) for decades, and is the only city in the world to do so.
6E6Rl TIL While sliding down the pole in "Jailhouse Rock", Elvis lost the cap off of a tooth. It was discovered that he had aspirated the cap and that it had lodged in his lung. It was successfully removed by a surgeon, who parted his vocal cords to retrieve it