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woZkP TIL: the capital of Rwanda has a monthly car-free day
gMY8X TIL that the famous mystical poet Rumi spawned a religious order of spinning Dervishes that is led by the Çelebis, the direct male descendents of the 13th century poet! The order have been classified as an intangible human heritage by UNESCO
EPBW TIL that 53% of people in Fiji have no access to safe drinking water, despite the Fiji Water bottling company’s activity there.
Bg0Er TIL thousands of "low head dams" (aka "killer dams" or "drowning machines") were built on US waterways in 1800s, are nearly invisible from upstream, have killed hundreds of people, often serve no modern purpose, and for all that, are largely unregulated
OGn6 TIL That if you received a Mole of pennies at birth and spent 1 million dollars a second until you were 100, you would still have more than 99.99% of your money in the bank.