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TIL to be in the top 1% of wealth globally you need to make 34k per year

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VBpYD TIL: Paris has no stop signs
MeGea TIL of Erik Weihenmayer, the only Blind person to have climbed the Seven Summits of every continent, and the first/one of the only Blind persons to climb Mt. Everest.
dD9dd TIL with average daily consumption of 2.2 liters of Coca-Cola, Chiapas, Mexico leads the world
a8XEN TIL that Gerald Tommaso DeLouise, (aka Burt Young) most recognized by his appearance in the Rocky movies was a boxer in the military only losing 2 matches out of 34.
VMO00 TIL Philosophers do have consensus over some issues: Free will is compatible with a universe ruled by cause-and-effect, Minds are purely physical (instead of spiritual), and You should switch (hitting 1 instead of 5 people) in the trolley problem.