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TIL The United States is close to being in the 30% of nations with the world’s most unequal distribution of wealth, which includes Haiti, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa.

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74E7 TIL The Irish once had vast political and military influence in south America, examples include Irishmen founding the Argentine and Uruguayan navies, an Irishman served as the military Governor of Chile and Irishmen served as the Aide-de-Camp’s to leaders such as Simon Bolivar and José de San Martín
YVgP TIL the last man to have defeated Floyd Mayweather was a Bulgarian named Serafim Todorov, who now lives on less than $500/mo.
v1JG8 TIL not everyone is born with the innate ability to internally plug their nose by “flexing” their soft palete. However it appears as though it can (easily?) be learned.
epR7b TIL Zurich's historic Semper Observatory showcases around 300 measuring instruments, sundials, astrolabes, and the telescope that astronomer Rudolf Wolf used to count sunspots. Wolf was a pioneer in the topic of sunspot research
Z8yJo TIL Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is the busiest transport hub in the world - used by an average of 3.6 million people per day