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TIL the country with highest number of camels is Australia

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wobl6 TIL about the Raymond Davis Incident. In 2011, a security contractor for a US consulate in Pakistan killed 2 armed thieves, sparking a diplomatic crisis after Pakistan arrested him. He was only released after the familes of the deceased were paid $2.4 million
8a7ga TIL that the world's most overweight country isn't the United States, but rather Nauru, an island country in Micronesia, with 97 percent of men and 93 percent of women overweight or obese.
exMJ TIL that Israel has what’s known as the ‘Samson Option’ – A nuclear strike against every nation on Earth if they feel their existence is threatened.
GAKoQ TIL That there’s an ongoing experiment that set out to prove pitch tar is liquid by having it drip for years. It has dripped 9 times since it started in 1927 and the last drop to completely fall did so in 2000
xlJw TIL Clay pipe fragments excavated from Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon home contained small amounts of cocaine, cannabis and myristic acid