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TIL up until 2004 it was illegal to have a divorce in Chile

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p6KZ TIL McDonald’s purchases approximately 75% of all the sesame seed crop grown in Mexico
VpmG TIL Liberia was established by citizens of the United States as a colony for former African American slaves and their free black descendants.
P10rV Today I learned a chef on the Titanic survived floating in the freezing water... was by getting absolutely flamin drunk.
GYyRE TIL a man once tried to introduce each bird species mentioned in Shakespeare to North America. In 1890, he released 60 starlings... and now their population is 150 million, spread from Alaska to Central America. They are a nuisance in the US, causing $800M/yr in agricultural damage.
pYNb8 TIL there is a two foot tall, 3000 year old gold hat which was found in Germany an unknown amount of time ago