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TIL Approximately 95% of the world population has a natural immunity to leprosy

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0wKDM TIL that in 2016, the NFL acquired an exclusive (and secret) radio frequency from the FCC to prevent coaches from getting their play calls and signals intercepted. Only 10 coaches from each team have access to this frequency during games.
ONO4 TIL the Chinese government has forcefully harvested organs from roughly 65,000 political prisoners
epml6 TIL when the US government began to arrange prisoner exchanges with Japan during WWII it found that less than 10% of the people on Japan's list wanted to be repatriated. It then forged an agreement with 15 Latin American countries to ship their ethnic Japanese to the USA to expand its hostage pool
rNJwy TIL that Mongolia,with a population of 3.5 million,is the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state and largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population.
OVAg TIL the ONLY thing that has Worked to Stop Population Growth is: Education of Women and Girls.