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TIL Cancún was made into a tourist destination in 1974 with the Mexican Government investing in 9 hotels. The population in 1970 was 3 people whereas the population in 2010 was 722,880.

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o8aW TIL Bolivia’s largest prison, San Pedro, has a society within itself, with no guards inside the walls. It has shops and restaurants run by inmates. Inmates elect their own leaders, get jobs to pay for their cell’s rent, and can even live with their wives and children
epxwJ TIL that a bite from a lone star tick can make you allergic to red meat permanently.
Lk8pP TIL that Ireland has the oldest average age at first marriage of any country. The average Irish citizen gets married for the first time at age 35.
m1G9o TIL when Spanish explorers learned of pecans they called them "nuez de la arruga", which roughly translates to "wrinkle nut".
eGLg TIL that the FBI started compiling a file on Sacha Baron Cohen while he was filming ‘Borat’ after receiving numerous complaints about a strange man travelling around the country in an ice cream truck.