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TIL that Zambia had a space program in the 1960s. It consisted of a grade school science teacher, a teenage girl and her cat, and a missionary.

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xVMlo TIL of Hilberts Hotel. It can accomodate any number of new arrivals, even when it is already fully occupied. Surprisingly, it can even accomodate an infinite number of new arrivals, when already full. In both cases however, all guests must move to a different room.
YDYW TIL in the United States as many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire US population or 10% of its poor). 23% are families with children - the fastest growing segment.
6jrX TIL German Chocolate Cake was made by a Englishman Named German.
PjNJ TIL a jealous wife in China chopped off her cheating husband’s penis as he slept, then snuck into his hospital room after he had it sewn back on — and hacked it off again and tossed it out the window.
NXAbE TIL ‘Madhapar’ is the richest village in the world, which is located in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India. The people here have so much money that 17 banks had to be opened in the village itself, where the villagers have deposited more than 7000 crore Indian rupees.