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TIL about Truong My Lan, the woman who stole 3% of Vietnam's GDP

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awyyM TIL about The Uncensored Library, a project by Reporters Without Borders. Inside the library are articles by journalists who have been killed, jailed or exiled by governments. These articles can be viewed in the countries of those governments, bypassing these countries' censorship
W5Y9 TIL Shakira speaks 7 languages, founded Fundación Pies Descalzos (which aims to take education to children in a situation of risk all over Colombia and Latin America) when she was 18 and partnered with UNICEF’s work for children
MRj8 TIL there was a “human zoo” in Brussels, Belgium where black people were displayed behind fences and where thrown bananas as food… 56 years ago.
drR8 TIL that pinball was banned in NYC as a gambling device until 1976, when Roger Sharpe testified by playing pinball in the courtroom while calling out precisely what he was going to shoot for and scoring - showing that it’s a game of skill and not chance.
e0ddD TIL there are 7,000 tigers living in the US either in zoos or privately owned, which is nearly double the estimated 3,890 tigers in the wild around the world.