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TIL The number of vacant houses in the US outnumber the homeless population

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OorG4 TIL: Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter entitled "Fart Proudly" as a response to the Royal Academy of Brussels calls for serious scientific papers.
JYg1v TIL in 1977, Argentina flew a pregnant woman to their military base in Antarctica so she could have first baby to ever be born on the continent. In doing so, the Argentine government believed this would give them an undisputable claim on the land, but the claim is not recognized internationally.
QNxQ6 TIL that the CPR doll is modeled after a real person. Her name was L'Inconnue de la Seine and she drowned in a river near Paris. She has come to be known as “the most kissed face in the world”.
nWjdP TIL the Guinness Book of World Records originated from an argument over the fastest game bird in Europe.
RX7 TIL: Up to half of the world population is infected with Toxoplasmosis, a parasitical infection possibly linked to depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.