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TIL USA only country in the world that where Olympic athletes are not government funded or sponsored

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BOyd TIL A man reached level 90 in World of Warcraft without ever leaving the starting zone; spending 173.5 days mining and picking herbs
WgYo TIL that nobody knows the exact number of people of African descent living in France because it officially declares itself ‘colour blind’ so the law forbids official surveys accounting for racial or ethnic origin.
xVyD7 TIL Jeff Goldblum was almost the voice of Siri.
Z8mJp TIL of Michael Cicconetti, an Ohioan judge who dispenses “creative justice”-punishments that usually fit the crime the defendant committed. These range from a man caught with a loaded gun being sent to a morgue, to a woman who abandoned kittens being forced to spend a night in the woods alone.
a8NMb TIL Australian wallabies have been found to make crop circles in Tasmania after ingesting opium poppies.