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TIL that the US, Canada, and Cuba have the lowest burden of food borne illness on the planet.

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dlQZ TIL that hundreds of people - mainly homeless and drug addicts - and all of whom are HIV positive, are living in a community in the sewers below Romania’s capital Bucharest.
OGYYa TIL that Mexico banned any visual depiction of Elvis including television or movies for 11 years, by law, because of 2 riots at the Mexican premiers of 'King Creole' and 'GI Blues'. A stunt double had to be used to film exterior scenes shot in Mexico for 'Fun in Acapulco'.
BRQb TIL that Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic.