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TIL France is the World's leading water purificator and has most availability to its citizens.

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AMxB TIL a traditional West African Voodoo Village was founded near Savannah, GA in 1970. They have a king, no electricity or water, no English before noon, drink chicken blood & consider themselves a separate nation from the US
Me7k8 TIL that the Von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, lost their fortune in the Great Depression, and the children's singing careers were purely a way to earn a livelihood.
gr07 TIL that the Fresh Prince actually flew first class from Philly to Bel Air in a verse that got cut for TV. This whole time I thought he took the smelly cab the whole way.
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8ekw4 TIL that newborns can sleep up to 16-17 hours a day, but in short bursts.