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Til Jerry Springer is British and emigrated to america

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R5MlQ TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land
neyOG TIL Sana Amanat, born into a Pakistani family, co-created Marvel's first solo series to feature a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel. Growing up, she often saw women who were blonde and white idolized in society while Muslims were often demonized and she wished to become a pretty white girl
4e9w TIL A German teen girl survived a 3km free fall after a plane crash and walked for 2 weeks through the rainforest to be saved by lumbermen, surviving only on a bag of sweets.
8LJa TIL Alberta, Canada has been virtually rat free for decades. The provincial government has maintained a successful rat extermination program since shortly after World War II.
a814M TIL Employees working for movie theaters in the US are exempted from federal law requiring overtime pay. The clause within the 'Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938' establishing "exemption for any employee employed by an establishment which is a motion picture theater" still remains in place today.