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TIL Guatemala has more Nobel Prize winners than it does Olympic medalists.

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PY0gw TIL that in Bude, UK there is an elongated tunnel providing rain shelter for customers to the local superstore (Sainsbury's). As a running joke, it has received numerous 5 star reviews and it's the #3 top thing to do in Bude, leading to some underwhelmed tourists
XEBVj TIL that Kennedy Island in the Solomon Islands is named after President Kennedy who swam there after his boat was sunk by the Japanese in WWII. It was purchased in 2004 for less than a thousand US dollars by someone coincidentally named Kennedy.
8axMG TIL During WWII, there was a unit of Japanese schoolgirls who looked after Kamikaze pilots before they went on suicide missions. Called the Nadeshiko, they were aged between 14-15 and lived and worked on a military base with the men, preparing meals and befriending them before they went to die.
W4W9 TIL out of 1,700 sunscreen products sold in the US which were surveyed by a European Environmental Regulatory agency, over half would be banned from shelves in Europe due to harmful chemicals & ineffective protection
NxAN TIL a 2-year-old girl was placed in foster care after her parents got busted with marijuana. Shortly after, she suffered fatal head injuries at the hands of her new foster parents.