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TIL King Kalakaua of Hawai'i was the first Monarch to Circumnavigate the world in 1881

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1adY4 TIL Deutsche bank has a lot of questionable suicides among their executives and are involved in fraud/corruption. Currently, a Deutsche bank executive is missing in Los Angeles
5MMB TIL Mark Zuckerberg said a voting mechanism that says whether posts are good or bad is ‘not something that we think is good for the world’
mwyv TIL in Pokemon, “Splash” is a mistranslation of the Japanese word “hop,” which is why it’s a normal-type move and not a water-type.
BrBlr TIL the 3rd largest oilfield in the USA is located in Los Angeles.
YgQv TIL studies show that when traditional intersections were replaced with modern roundabouts in the USA, there was a 37% reduction in overall collisions, 75% reduction in injury collisions, 90% reduction in fatality collisions, and 40% reduction in pedestrian collisions.