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TIL that other than the tiny microstates of Nauru, Niue, and the Vatican, the only country to have never had a Red Cross or Red Crescent Society is Oman. Nicaragua's parliament also dissolved theirs in 2023, making these five nations the only ones without the Red Cross.

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woEP TIL a good amount of Bermuda and the Caribbean islands’ land is “African dust”: soil particles that have flown clear across the Atlantic Ocean in dust storms
Rl99 TIL that Iceland leads the world in books written, published and sold per person. One in ten Icelanders will publish a book during their lifetime.
E1RDd TIL Cats cannot taste sweet things because of a genetic deficiency. After analysing two genes responsible for sweetness detection, one was missing in cats, meaning they lack the ability to produce a protein for tasting sweetness.
OoJGR TIL Many products are getting smaller due to 'shrinkflation', for example Mars shrank its Maltesers, M&Ms by up to 15%. In the past, companies blamed the rising price of raw materials. Recently, these prices dropped back, but the shrinkage continued as manufacturers try to stealthily boost profits
xVRvk TIL about Kim Noble, an artist with over 100 multiple personalities, over a dozen of which have highly distinctive artistic styles, such that art critics were astonished that such range of stylized renderings could come from only one person.