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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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p8Lj4 TIL that France has a territorial possession in North America less than 15 miles from the coast of Newfoundland. The island has a population of 5,000+ and is similar to mainland Europe.
eW64 TIL that when you receive a kidney transplant, your own kidney isn’t removed. It usually stays where it is and a third kidney is placed in your pelvis.
JeWQ TIL a father and young son were kidnapped and brought to a construction site where the kidnappers cut the father’s throat from ear to ear, shot the son 3 times, then the kidnappers buried them. The father escaped, walked ¼ mile, and flagged down a police officer. He survived. The son did not.
XnvP TIL: Albert Einstein wrote an article explaining why socialism is better than “evil” capitalism.
GA9mJ TIL A day in earth increases 1.8 milliseconds every century