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TIL that Democratic Republic of the Congo is considered THE richest country in the world regarding natural resources even though its citizens are among the poorest.

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KYlwQ TIL that CBS used to run so many rural-themed TV shows that they were mocked as the “Country Broadcasting System.” To attract a more lucrative audience, after the 1970-71 season they enacted the “rural purge,” canceling many popular rural-themed series and long-running variety shows.
8a1RK TIL that NASA's Apollo astronauts had to pee into a sort of condom, but some would choose the large size, instead of the small or medium, out of pride, so they had to rename the sizes to extra-large, immense, and unbelievable.
m1POo TIL, in Bhutan, people do not recognize, and many do not know, their individual birthdays. Everyone in the country turns another year older together each January 1st.
l7YGN TIL almost no palm trees are native to Southern California. They were used as a marketing ploy to transform Los Angeles for a cow town to “semi-tropical”
mV8R TIL Hitler had a Jewish doctor who didn’t charge Hitlers family due to their economic hardships. Hitler labeled his doctor as a “Noble Jew” and made sure the doctor wasn’t harmed during the Holocaust