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TIL that Switzerland leads the world in chocolate consumption, with the average person eating around 10 kilograms of chocolate each year.

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b680a TIL about “ telephoning for catfish” Southern fishers in the 1950s jury-rigged components of old crank-style telephones to send an electric current through the water and stun fish, and it only works on fish with no scales, like catfish.
VMlw8 TIL that a when applying for college, Julian Hernandez learned he had been kidnapped for 13 years
D1WDp TIL that Michael Jordan, an NBA hall of famer, had 6 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls and in his 6 NBA Finals appearances, he averages 33.6ppg, 6rpg, and 6apg. He averaged a record of 41ppg in the 1993 NBA Finals
1aXJW TIL while in 1930 over 65% of Americans went to the cinema weekly, since about 1964 that number has been steadily below 10%.
Mv4m TIL of whataboutism, a propaganda tactic used in the Soviet Union to discredit critics. When a criticism was posed, they would respond with “What about…” followed by an event from the western world.