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TIL that one in ten people in Iceland will publish a book in lifetime. The island nation has “more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else int he world.”

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QLKL TIL the incantation Uncle recites in Jackie Chan Adventures (Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao) translates to “Spirits, demons, ghosts, monsters, quickly leave.”
YpyJP TIL: The first documented use of toilet paper is from the 6th century in medieval China. By the early 14th century, they were manufacturing toilet paper at the rate of 10 million packages.
D1kLJ TIL: Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was a French Catholic priest, actually an atheist, who left after his death an entire book criticizing religion
D1emV TIL Indigenous Native Americans were not granted US citizenship until 1924
78wJp TIL in the year 1800, almost 40% of the world's population lived in the Qing empire (China)