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TIL One in Every Ten Children In Sudan Die Before Their Fifth Birthday

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X06xQ TIL in 1971 South African ticket booking agent Percy Tucker founded "Computicket" which was the first electronic ticket-booking system in the world. He also pioneered in sale of tickets for Michael Jackson's concert as part of Dangerous World Tour in South Africa, but the tour was cancelled.
7rL7x TIL Orlistat (Alli), a drug designed to block the absorption of dietary fats. It won the Bitter Pill Award for worst drug with numerous side-effects like fecal leakage and oily spotting along with that it really didn't work..
gra6y TIL that during the Cold War, Berlin had two metro lines which began and ended in the western half of the city, but cut through eastern territory. East Berlin agreed that for a fee, trains could pass through so long as they never stopped at any of the stations there.
yVjjM TIL American writer Cormac McCarthy wrote 10 books and an estimated 5 million words on a 1963 Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter. It sold at auction in 2009 for $254,500. The next day McCarthy received the same model from a friend as a replacement that cost $20.
lowYB TIL After crashing, a driver in German was fined for using Tesla touchscreen wiper controls, under the same rules as using a phone while driving. The German court decided touchscreen car controls should be treated as a distracting electronic device