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TIL that by 2020, the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation estimates only 7% of the world will travel internationally.

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lopr7 TIL a migratory bird named Onon is taking trips around the world defying odds.
R41j TIL There is a village in China called Liqian whose inhabitants’ DNA is 56% Caucasian in origin. Theories suggest they are descended from Roman legionaries
P1pne TIL The inventor of frisbee was turned into frisbee when he died.
J1jBk TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times
ANAAl TIL that Dr. John Gueriguian, a medical reviewer at the FDA, warned about the toxic effects of Rezulin, but after the company developing the drug complained, he was removed and his review was deleted by FDA. Rezulin ended up killing dozens of people and resulted in hundreds of liver toxicities.