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TIL a New Zealand woman was detained in Kazakhstan because they did not believe New Zealand was a real country. When they asked her to show the country on a map, their map did not include New Zealand.

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MDB7 TIL sloths used to exist which were the size of elephants. The Megatherium weighed 4 tonnes, could use its tail and hind legs like a tripod, and was hunted to extinction by early man only 10,000 years ago.
9wVor TIL about British labour camps, Voluntary establishments whose aim was to help young men from the distressed areas of the country where unemployment was particularly high.
QNXWX TIL about Mexican woman Miriam Rodriguez who tracked the killers of her 14-year-old daughter Karen after she was abducted in 2012. She disguised herself to get their names & addresses & made excuses to meet their families. She was shot 12 times outside her house 10 May 2017, Mother’s Day in Mexico.
Bjmr TIL the scientific name for the American Bison is “Bison bison”
xGJk TIL Judge Denny Chin received no letters of support for Bernie Madoff’s character, and chose to sentence him to the maximum sentence of 150 years