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TIL There are more libraries in the US than there are mcdonalds in the world

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KOknw TIL there is more genetic diversity among those from the African continent than the rest of the world
0wr6M TIL Tony Iommi, founding member of the Black Sabbath, replaced his finger tips with homemade prostheses made out of plastic after losing them on his last day at a steel factory , requiring him to downtune his guitar to play it, creating their signature sound and helping to define modern metal music.
0d1AM TIL about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) where you are required to withdraw money from your IRA (retirement found) and be taxed when you reach the age of 72.
kJdkm TIL That Bob Marley's Father was a Sixty Year Old 'Neurotic and Incontinent' World War One Veteran, who was Born in Sussex, and that Died when Marley was Ten Years Old.
YpDpP TIL as of April 2018, Swaziland has been renamed as Eswatini, one of the reasons behind the King's decision to rename the country was that "...abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland."