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TIL that people on average know around 130 countries and that there are lots more to discover.

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KbOG TIL in the late 1980’s a young janitor at a recording studio started recording his own music after work, playing all the instruments. The janitor was Trent Reznor, and the music became Nine Inch Nails
gdVX TIL That a billboard located in Lima, Peru produces around 100 liters of water a day (about 26 gallons) from nothing more than humidity, a basic filtration system and a little gravitational ingenuity
QnQ9 TIL that nitrous oxide was used primarily as a recreational drug in English parties for over 4 decades before doctors saw its potential in medicine.
QJaDa TIL about the Bronze Age collapse, in which the Sea People invaded the Mediterranean. In 50 years the Mycenaeans, Kassites, and Hittites collapsed, while Egypt was crippled economically. Trade routes were disrupted, literacy was severely reduced andcities were destroyed or abandoned permanently.
loEWA TIL that Ibn Sina or Avicenna is widely considered to be the “Father of modern Medicine”. His book “The Canon of Medicine” published in 1025 became the standard textbook of medicine and remained a medical authority for centuries in the Medieval Europe and the Islamic world