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TIL the US State Department charges a fee of $2,350 to any individual who wishes to renounce his or her American citizenship.

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ANLK4 TIL the sensitivity of a computer mouse is measured in "mickeys-per-inch".
dDNn7 TIL alcohol is the leading global risk factor for premature death and disability among people aged 15–49, causing more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and violence combined.
j6QJQ TIL This Tiny Island has more kinds of ferns than the North America and Europe
ADaOg TIL after winning the gold at the 1980 Olympics, Polish vaulter Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, in defiance of the jeering Soviet crowd, flipped "the arm", twice. The Soviets later asked that he be stripped of his medal to which the Polish government replied that it was caused by "involuntary muscle spasms".
7rjjX TIL Venus Flytraps are only native to a region within a 120km (75mi) radius to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, as opposed to a tropical region.