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TIL that there are over 40 million slaves living right now

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6OMQ TIL there was a point in the production of The Powerpuff Girls in which some people were late on their storyboards due to playing the newest Zelda game at the time. The studio was actually shut down for about a month so that they could get through the game before resuming production again.
8KEa TIL that “Quinnine” (the stuff in tonic water) has been used to treat Malaria all the way back to 1631 in Rome and also played a key role in colonizing West Africa
yKDa TIL that a Russian couple were reunited after being separated for 60 years. They were married for 3 days when the husband left to join the Red Army. They were unable to find each other until 60 years later when they randomly visited their hometown on the same day.
O1N6 TIL that after Gawker ran a story exposing billionaire Peter Thiel’s homosexuality, he funded dozens of lawsuits against the media company bankrupting it
ANwad TIL the UK exports cheese to France, tea to China and boomerangs to Australia