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TIL There is a movie called "Rubber" and it's about a car tire that kills people.

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OoRdg TIL that the US voted to keep Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge as the UN representative for Cambodia up until the 90s, twenty years after the Khmer Rouge had been destroyed by the Vietnamese
kJlom TIL that Brazil has the tallest floating Christmas tree. Located at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, the 278-foot tree reportedly weighs 542 tons. It is lit with 3.1 million micro bulbs, 2,150 strobe effects and 100 LED reflector.
4BDN Today I learned that the US is currently ranked 46 in the press freedom index.
6lGw TIL 11% of americans could not identify the united states on a map in a 2002 survey.
9a9G TIL that chicken feathers can be processed into a biodegradable plastic-like material and are used in products as varied as dishes, circuit boards, beauty products, and boat construction.