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TIL that while Beijing’s pollution problem is more televised, New Delhi is the most polluted city in the world.

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OmNL TIL that in Cuba a person can get more jail time for killing a cow (10 years in prison) than killing a human and that eaters of illegal beef can get three months to one year in prison
X0g7X TIL pulmonary tuberculosis was associated with fragility and sexual attractiveness in the 19th century
l788B TIL That there are 10 fjords in the United States
DQXWj TIL executives of Dirty Dancing were convinced the movie would flop. They planned to have the film in theaters for one weekend and then to home video. The film went on to become the first movie to sell 1 million home videos.
9wn7 TIL that Grace Kelly became close friends with dancer Josephine Baker after Kelly stormed out of a nightclub in NYC that Baker was denied entry because she was black.