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TIL A survey by the Puerto Rico Health Department revealed that the cancer rate in Vieques is 27% higher than mainland Puerto Rico.

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nppW TIL that during the hunt for serial killer Andrei Chikatilo over a 1000 unrelated crimes were solved, including 95 murders and 245 rapes.
W76VL TIL about Maundy Money. In Britain, the day before Good Friday, the reigning monarch personally gives elderly parishioners a specially struck set of coins (with their combined value adding up to the monarch’s age). Recipients are chosen based on their service to the church or their diocese.
xYwD TIL the gold discovery in California that led to the Gold Rush happened in January 1848. The miners were ‘49ers and not '48ers because it took so long for the news to spread widely.
wompW TIL Roh Moo-hyun left office as South Koreas most unpopular president in its history. He committed suicide a year later leaving a note saying “too many people are suffering because of me”. He has since been reevaluated and is now regarded as South Koreas best president.
7WKM TIL that the Dutch have a word, “swaffelen,” or, as it was told to me, “zwaffelen,” for the act of smacking one’s penis repeatedly against an object.