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TIL: There are 19 countries that do not recognise the People’s Republic of China

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b90la TIL that despite being universally considered part of Europe due to cultural and geopolitical reasons, the island of Sicily in Italy is actually part of the African Tectonic Plate.
loj9V TIL only four people have been at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, called the Challenger Deep (about 11000 meters or 36000ft down). For reference, 12 people have walked on the Moon.
EoVV TIL that legendary MMA fighters Ken and Frank Shamrock are not blood relatives. Both were adopted by trainer Bob Shamrock, who has taken in numerous troubled young men and given them a positive outlet through MMA.
4XbGX TIL about US Army Technical Manual 31-210, a manual designed by the US Military for the US Armed Forces to fabricate guns, explosives, ammunition, mortars, rockets, and incendiary devices with locally available/ unassuming materials on enemy soil.
Wooo TIL States could make the minimum drinking age 18, but the Federal government would take away tax dollars given to them