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TIL that an estimated 1.6 million people don’t have indoor plumbing in the United States.

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R5dp7 TIL of a court in France which stopped a girl being named "Nutella" and forcibly renamed her to Ella in the absence of her parents. The Judge said that the name Nutella would "only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts," a complaint not heard by her parents as they did not attend the hearing.
Z8DGo TIL that it is suggested that "in the late 19th century, one out of every three cowboys was a Mexican vaquero, and 20% may have been African-American."
6EB1m TIL Radiotrophic fungi were discovered in 1991 growing inside and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in an environment in which the radiation level was 500x higher than in the normal environment. The fungi converts gamma radiation into chemical energy for growth.
5VPxk TIL the shortest commercially available flight in the world is between Westray and Papa Westray
By TIL that Saddam Hussein had a daughter named Hala of whom no photographs or records exist, and that her current whereabouts are unknown.