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TIL that with a median age of only 15.2 years, half the population of Niger is too young to remember the last military coup in 2010.

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gapb TIL humans are killed for their organs in China. It’s not an urban legend, and it’s fairly well documented.
xVg5D TIL of antinutrients, compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients.
0wx7y TIL that in 1990, Katya Mayorova was crowned as "Miss KGB", the world's only holder of a security services beauty title. She was described as "wearing her bulletproof vest with an exquisite softness", with one of her many charms "her ability to deliver a karate kick to her enemy's head"
9jYr TIL there is a thin wire that circles Manhatten (and other cities) that permits Orthodox Jews to act as if they were inside their home for their day of rest.
VMMBB TIL of the Peter Principle: Employees are promoted based on performance in their current role, not their ability to perform a new role. People rise to their level of incompetence.