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TIL that according to the UN, only 64% (4.5b/7b) of the world’s population has access to a toilet, while 86% (6b/7b) has access to a mobile phone.

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J1B7B TIL: That private servers of abandoned games are legal for preservation purposes
nWW1P TIL In 1908 the town now known as Port Aransas, Texas banned the sale of alcohol to foreigners. In response an immigrant businessman built a small floating saloon where the town ordinance did not apply.
m15gO TIL Faulty eyewitness identifications have contributed to about 70% of the more than 360 wrongful convictions reversed by DNA across the U.S.
OwJY TIL Judge Clarence Thomas once argued that a burning cross should not enjoy First Amendment protection, saying, “There’s no other purpose to the cross, no communication, no particular message. It was intended to cause fear and to terrorize a population.”
LkXo0 TIL that cannons are also percussion instruments classified as "Pyrophones" because they are used when performing songs such as the 1812 Overture and For Those About To Rock.