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TIL that almost 15% of Rio de Janeiro’s population is gay

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5V5pn TIL of Canada's smallest municipality, Notre-Dame-des-Anges. It is entirely occupied by a hospital.
rN4PM TIL that people from Swedish municipalities on the southern border with Norway are allowed to use the state-of-the-art hospital right across the border in Kalnes, Norway in emergencies and births, which is much closer to them than any hospital in Sweden.
Z6wa TIL Bob Anderson who trained Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) in sword fighting also wore the Darth Vader suit during the lightsaber duels in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
16wYV TIL that one of the major causes of the downfall of the Papal States and the unification of Italy was the abduction of a Jewish boy by the Pope in 1858.
neKPW TIL Dante Alighieri encountered prophet Muhammad in the ninth ditch of Malebolge (part of the Divine Comedy, the eighth circle of Hell)