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TIL Africa accounts for just 3% of the world's trade

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ne6VY TIL 1956 USA passed the „Refrigerator Safety Act“. Early refrigerators would only open from the outside and trapped/suffocated children. Magnetic strips were used on fridge doors to create an air-proof seal, but would open from the inside with a light push. Even tests with children were conducted.
NXgN6 TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice)
eN0n TIL in 1599, Shakespeare satirically wrote that the governments would eventually make the masses fat because lean men are dangerous, whereas fat men are easier to prevent from revolting and keep entertained.
69P5Z TIL The "Burly Brawl" fight sequence in The Matrix Reloaded cost $40 million
Pvrg TIL that captive ‘maned wolves’ were traditionally fed meat heavy diets, which caused bladder stones. In the wild, more than 50% of their diet consists of vegetable matter.