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"About 90 percent of everything we buy will travel on ships"

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GA6Rj TIL that Richard Nixon is the only US president to be born on the west coast, and in any mainland state west of Texas
d81kB TIL that cocaine can legally be given by doctors in the US to help with nosebleeds
MNYW TIL The Last Airbender received 5 awards: Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor, and a special award, “Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3D.”
4XOAb TIL Sejong the Great (King of Korea), invented the Korean alphabet. While Korean was spoken, it used the Chinese alphabet which Koreans found confusing. This led to high illiteracy. King Sejong decided a new alphabet would fix the issue, so he invented one.
d07Z TIL Gouda accounts for 50 to 60 percent of the world’s cheese consumption.