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TIL Bilbo Baggins’ home, “Bag End”, is a literal translation of “Cul-de-Sac”

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NXVBe TIL that if Long Island were its own state, it would be the 13th biggest in the union with the highest population density.
0Ej TIL after a student was suspended for wearing their t-shirt, Korn donated hundreds of shirts to be given out and police officers helped to do so
PPpE TIL that 6 weeks before Mubarak’s fall about 77% of Egyptians supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, 82% supported stoning to death for adultery, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam
awDN TIL: The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day
XnXE TIL there is a species of sting-less bee in the Amazon Rainforest known as the “Barber Bee” that will cut your hair as a means of defense.