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TIL One third of the world’s population has never made a telephone call.

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R5JQ TIL that Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was held captive by Somali insurgents for 460 days, suffering terrible abuse and malnutrition. Upon her release, she created a charity to help Somalians and returned to deliver food during the drought in 2011.
Oyw1 TIL Macadamia nuts are never sold in the shell because it takes ~300-pounds-per-square-inch of pressure to break the shell! (Bonus: you probably already knew that macadamias are NOT native to Hawaii, coming originally from Australia.)
Q7EE TIL that r/todayilearned was temporarily shut down as a form of protest for a beloved long term employee that was allegedly being let go
oN4o TIL Vin Diesel was a telemarketer and he’s still incredible at it.
xam0 TIL that Gary Oldman would have played General Grievous in Star Wars Episode III, but he relinquished the role when he found out George Lucas was using non-union actors.