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TIL Swaziland has 1 psychiatrist.

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m7KE TIL in 1980, CNN had a video to sign off with in case of nuclear war
J1wEl TIL that in Ireland 40 years ago, Malcolm MacArthur, a socialite with a yen for bow ties and cravats, bludgeoned a woman to death, killed a farmer with his own shotgun then attempted to rob a US diplomat. He was found in the apartment of the Irish attorney general, who had hosted him as a guest.
jNLKR TIL of the Hand Angels, a Taiwanese NGO whose main service is giving hand jobs to the severely disabled.
9YVjX TIL that among starfish that can regenerate their entire body from a single arm, some can do so from just 1cm (0.4in) long and in some species of starfish, a large female can split in half, each half becoming male which changes back into female once they grow big enough.
v1XvL TIL the most expensive mansion ever built in the US ($179,925,000), was demolished 16 years after completion when the owner’s widow sold the property to a developer.