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TIL That Americans Are As Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture As by Terrorism

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l7og7 TIL about 50% of adults in France are infected with the toxoplasmosis parasite.
knx1 TIL that Americans work more and take less vacation than Japanese
7r9Vx TIL Oregon has exclusively voted by mail since 1998.
oRy0L TIL as Governor, Texas hero Sam Houston withheld funding from the Texas Navy and declined to restock army supplies, aiming to incite a crisis that would lead to the United States annexing Texas.
XEle8 TIL: Some apartments in Hong Kong are so small they are called "coffin homes". They are so small that the UN called it an "insult to human dignity" with some being around 15 square feet".