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TIL Brazil has more Lebanese people than Lebanon.

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Avn4 TIL that in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, 27 British warships faced off against 33 French and Spanish warships. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships, without a single British vessel being lost.
Jppm TIL that Dysthanasia is the opposite of Euthanasia and means “bad death”. It often occurs in modern medicine when a terminally ill person is kept alive beyond their natural period, thus prolonging their suffering.
wme1 TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
a8b TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.
xWEk TIL the kings in the 4 card suits supposedly represent great rulers in history. The king of spades is David, king of Israel; the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; the king of hearts is the French king Charlemagne; and the king of diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.