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TIL Only 19 countries are considered "full democracies" including Uruguay and Mauritius. Countries like France, Italy and the USA are considered "Flawed Democracies"

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oB8m8 TIL of Jürgen Hinzpeter, a German journalist who risked his life to document the 1980 Gwanju Uprising in South Korea with the help of a Korean taxi driver. He spent the remainder of his life unable to reconnect with the driver as he had given him a fake name.
VBEj0 TIL that it was common medical practice to inject urine in a frog as a pregnancy test.
ADvGn TIL That The Giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture In Florence, Italy Has Entire Rooms Hidden Inside It
QNQ1p TIL Press, Tap, Release is an easy, effective method to unclog your blocked nasal passage
lQmN TIL In 1944, Mary Babnik Brown became the first woman to have her hair used in crosshairs for military aircraft bombsights. The hair had to fit strict criteria such as being blonde, over 22 inches long and never been treated with chemicals or hot irons.