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TIL Africa has an Interpol-like organization called Afripol

Read more afripol.africa-union.org

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Wkox9 TIL nearly half of the world’s adult population will weigh in above a healthy range by 2030
jNDbX TIL there is only one mammal species that uses stridulation as a means of communication with other members of its group. The lowland streaked tenrec, native to Madagascar, uses its spines to create high-pitched sounds by rubbing them against each other just as crickets use their scrapers to chirp.
wLdK1 TIL about "Benjaman Kyle," a man who was found outside a Burger King in Georgia with no identification nor memory of who he was. It took him nearly 11 years to finally discover who he really was.
R5Naw TIL that courts can declare a person a "vexatious litigant". These are the people who constantly appeal closed cases or are always suing someone with no proof. They are barred from filing anymore cases without first providing legit proof.
e0r9L TIL there is a store in Alabama where you can buy items found in unclaimed airport baggage