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TIL Cuba has offered to pay off a $270 million debt to the Czech Republic in rum. The rum would be enough to last the country for 130 years.

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epkJ6 TIL that some bra’s can also be used as a gas mask. Kinda funny, kinda genius.
EgJdx TIL that rats are not allowed to settle in Alberta - Canada by the Government of Alberta. They have an active Rat Control Program to protect against rat invasions of their territory.
N7Aab TIL that in the movie ‘Titanic’ Jack Said Roses name 75 times and Rose said Jacks name 84 times throughout the film. (As in addressing each other to each other)
loVE7 TIL: The ceremonial podium from the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was used as an execution site during the area's warfare in the 1990s. Restorers working after the '92-'95 Siege of Sarajevo patched-up the scarred cement and filled in the many bullet holes.
9wx6D TIL that there are more number of countries in the world where females outnumber males than where males outnumber females (for the total population).