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TIL that 53% of people in Fiji have no access to safe drinking water, despite the Fiji Water bottling company’s activity there.

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PYovg TIL that when emperor Hui of Jin ( 259-307) was informed that his people were starving from a rice famine, he replied with the famous chinese version of let them eat cake: "why don't they eat meat porridge?"
Wm9o TIL the Union Jack is not symmetrical, to guarantee you can’t hang it upside down
P1WrG TIL in the 50s Disneyland offered fishing on Tom Sawyer Island in an area called Catfish Cove. Guests could borrow a pole and a can of worms to try and catch fish. They offered to clean, ice and store them until close at a restaurant. It was promptly ended after fish were discarded all over the park
GYpL5 TIL: a study found that if you cant sit down and then get back up without using your hands or knees as support you are twice as likely to die in six years as someone who can (age 51-80)
vYQK TIL, that Britain is the fattest nation in Europe.