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TIL that the countries with the highest marijuana user per capita are Canada, Israel and Papua New Guinea

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bynQ TIL if Mario was a real person, he would have to run (and swim) 3.4 miles to complete Super Mario Bros.
vnMx TIL Kim Jong Un was caught with a bondage pornography magazine when he was in school in Switzerland.
4ll5 TIL that in 1910, Congress nearly passed “the American Hippo Bill”, which would have released hippos in Louisiana bayous in order to eat invasive plants while solving America’s meat shortage. Newspapers of the time praised hippo meat as “lake cow bacon”.
WkyBL TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
YprVv TIL Marine Iguanas have the distinct ability to "sneeze" out salt with the use of special glands they possess. This is due to the mass amount of saltwater they ingest from the ocean.