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TIL Swaziland has 1 psychiatrist.

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kJP8E TIL that it was practically illegal to own gold in the US from 1933 to 1974. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to force all citizens to turn in almost all gold for about $20 per ounce, then declared the value of $20 in gold to be worth $35 in paper currency - creating a massive inflation.
D1r4J TIL Keanu Reeves once rescued a pre-fame Octavia Spencer after she was stranded on the roadside
XEpWj TIL many companies, including Sean John, have been caught mislabeling raccoon dog fur as faux fur.
QBLa TIL that when the atomic bomb was first tested, one of the physicists, Enrico Fermi, had a wager as to “whether or not the bomb would ignite the atmosphere, and if so, whether it would merely destroy New Mexico or destroy the world.”
d8LQE TIL that a duck’s wake always creates an angle of 38.9 degrees no matter how fast the duck is going