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TIL that in 1997, Nelson Mandela described meeting the Spice Girls as “the best day of [his] life.”

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9LpM TIL three masked instigators at a peaceful protest in Quebec were found out to be undercover police. Protestors figured it out when they noticed the boots they were wearing were the same as police.
mxKNE TIL countries have credit ratings. Obtaining a good sovereign credit rating is usually essential for developing countries that want access to funding in international bond markets.
p6A8 TIL If the Sun was a grain of sand, and the Earth a microscopic speck one inch away, then Jupiter would lie 5.2 inches away, the nearest star would be about 4.3 miles away, and the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy itself would be about 100,000 miles.
epZZJ TIL that the torpedoed rms lusitania sank in broad daylight within sight of the coast in just 18 minutes, killing 1197 people.
x8Xk TIL that The Netherlands has the tallest average height in Europe and Romania has the shortest.