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TIL New Zealand has a road that is not connected to any other road.

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LEV9 TIL that 30% of people are iron-deficient. Successful treatment could raise national productivity 20%
oBkyY TIL the New York City Blackout of 1977 helped ignite the Hip-Hop scene. Prior to the outage, there was only a handful of DJ’s in the area, which was suffering economically. After, there were over a 1000 DJ’s due to people looting the music equipment stores during the blackout. Hip-hop had exploded.
mxYoy TIL that Sesame Street introduced Julia, the first Sesame Street muppet with autism, to raise awareness about autism among children
7BNp TIL in China you can pay someone to take your place during court trials and in jail, this is known as “Ding zui” and the Chinese govt censors information about it online
kJlr5 TIL the "stuntman" in the James Bond 'Live and Let Die' crocodile jump scene was actually the owner of the farm. He did it in 5 takes.