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TIL that since around 2010, the number of countries in the process of autocratization has risen above the number of countries democratizing

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YnyP TIL that a 13 year old was traded to U.S. forces for $10 and then held at Guantanamo Bay for over a year.
XEwLD TIL people are smarter in the summer and fall, to such a degree that it is significantly easier to diagnose dementia in the winter. Other species have similar “seasonal plasticity”.
J1wLQ TIL that even after a quarter of a century, red deer on the border between the Czech Republic and old West Germany still do not cross the divide. During the Cold War, electric fences made the Czech-German boundary impossible to pass; red deer are intent on maintaining this old boundary.
BK9W TIL Giraffes make sound but it is too low for humans to hear
X01X8 TIL that the day of the year with the least number of births is Christmas Day. The day of the year with the most number of births is September 26th, because December 25th is also the day with the most conceptions.