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TIL The courts in New Zealand allowed a child to be named ‘Number 16 Bus Shelter’

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ZGXQ TIL: We have a detailed plan for colonizing space, and we are a little behind schedule.
Yobx TIL of Dr Thomas Midgley. He is responsible for adding lead to fuel and for the creation of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerators. He is credited for doing more damage to the atmosphere than any other living organism ever.
69QVY TIL in 1941 a Norway woman was hit by a Nazi shrapnel that gave her a German accent
Z8X1D TIL that Sierra Leone is objectively the roundest country, followed by Nauru, Zimbabwe, the Vatican City, and Poland. The least round country (excluding scattered archipelagos) is Chile
dvQZ TIL Africa’s population is the youngest among all the continents; 50% of Africans are 19 years old or younger.