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TIL that Venezuela is one of the most violent places on earth with a person being murdered every 21 minutes.

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ne6jB TIL: The Three Gorges Dam in China holds such a massive amount of water that it slows down the earth's rotation and increases a day by 0.06 microseconds
wLyBM TIL That in 1990, China's GDP per capita (318 USD) was smaller than that of India (363 USD) & Pakistan (371 USD).
e0m86 TIL The Church of Scientology carried out or planned several covert coordinated attacks against an investigative reporter, which included framing her for a bombing, having her committed to a mental institution, and shooting her.
VZJG TIL a bird that is endemic to the Amazon Basin called the Hoatzin is hatched with claws on its wings; A genetic remnant that is evidence of birds dinosaurean lineage.
0AvN TIL NASA wants to make Interstellar travel possible within the next 100 years.