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TIL that as of 2016, just 49.3% of the world population lived in countries with some form of fair and free elections, and only 4.5% could be said to be living in a full democracy.

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6x5W TIL There are 820 readable pieces of literature in Skyrim, including letters, journals, spell tomes, books that offer skill points, 5 books that add quests, and 307 books that serve no other purpose than lore.
6EDYW TIL our universe is formed through "quantum annealing," which we commonly know as a form of quantum computing
e0NRb TIL The country of Swaziland renamed itself Eswatini in 2018.
8GBb TIL That Mark Twain was born shortly after Halley’s Comet and predicted he would “go out with it” too. He died a day after the comet’s subsequent return
WkaG8 TIL The Slovak government had to overturn an internet driven decision to name a bridge after Chuck Norris.