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TIL: Mexico has succeeded in eliminating trachoma, a disease which is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.

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QjWX TIL: Julian Assange was willing to go to Sweden to answer allegations. All he wanted was a guarantee he wouldn’t be handed over to the United States. Sweden refused.
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