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TIL 70% of people in the world do not use toilet paper.

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KlWa TIL A man convicted of manslaughter, while drunk driving, settled out of court with the victim’s family for $936 to be paid $1 at a time to remind him what he had done to their daughter.
e0m9J TIL Monarch Butterflies generally live for a couple weeks, until the 4th generation that lives for 6 to 8 months to migrate south.
N7oJN TIL of the oldest known strike. On this date in 1152 BCE, the artisans of the Royal Necropolis at Deir el-Medina walked off their jobs because they had not been paid. The Egyptian authorities raised the wages.
epeMg TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
78lWX TIL Brazil has a law that releases inmates during Christmas and many other holidays. In 2022, 43% of them have escaped.