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TIL that even the tiny, urbanised nation of Monaco supports a small agriculture sector.

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dGaK TIL that every month all members of the United States Congress are mailed Hustler magazine for free
oB1po TIL: Ben Franklin was a slaveowner for much of his life, but after a friend took him to visit a school for black children. He wrote that African ignorance was not inherently natural but come from lack of education, slavery and negative environments. And petitioning Congress to end slavery.
9k0G TIL the Albuquerque Isotopes are a pro baseball team named after the Springfield Isotopes from the Simpsons. In one episode, Homer prevents the team from moving to ABQ with a hunger strike. Statues of Marge and Homer are at the stadium.
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