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TIL that natural disasters increase fertility rates

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rRmpM TIL John Kani (King T'Chaka in Black Panther) lost his left eye during a beating by South African police after returning home from a Broadway production of "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead," which was critical of apartheid. He subsequently won a 1975 Tony Award for his performance.
vQQx TIL in 1997, Sir Patrick Stewart put on and starred in a “photo negative” production of Othello. He starred as a white Othello opposite a black cast. It was the first time this concept was used.
ap89 TIL: It is legal in South-Africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.
Bprr TIL a Japanese Consul in WWII saved 6,000 Jews from Hitler by writing them all Visas to Japan even after the government told him not to.
E9xP TIL in Scotland, landowners can’t restrict access to land; you’re free to walk across any rural or agricultural land as you please.