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TIL The country of Chile is so long that it would stretch from the northernmost point of Norway all the way south to Morocco

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78e7x TIL, Japan is working on a train type of system for future travel to Moon and Mars. The project is also to enable people to live there in the future.
QeEa TIL Rapper Akon has brought solar electricity to over 1 million Africans, and counting
QvX6 TIL in 1968 big wave surfer Eddie Aikau was selected to be the first lifeguard at Waimea beach in Oahu. Not a single person died during his time as a lifeguard and he rescued over 500 people.
bZQ7 TIL that 1 in every 8 American workers have been employed by McDonalds.
loWN5 TIL that if you rub a piece of garlic on your foot, you will taste it in your mouth about an hour later.