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TIL Rwanda has the highest female parliamentary representation —standing at 64%—in the world.

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DQAAD TIL the South Vietnam government building in Saigon/HoChiMinh City (The Independence Palace) has not been removed or destroyed and it's a popular tourist attraction
YpMMA TIL that James Jamerson, regarded as the greatest electronic bass player ever, recorded Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, while being flat on his back as he was too intoxicated to stand upright. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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