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TIL Qatar citizens get free electricity, water, and phone lines

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E1gbp TIL Only one woman, Mary Edwards Walker, has received the Medal of Honor, and her award was temporarily rescinded.
Gky5 TIL North Korea has an estimated $6 TRILLION worth in mineral and rare Earth metal reserves, but cannot be mined because NK lacks the technology to do so.
9Ybrm TIL in order to get their muscle and pony cars into a lower drag racing class, several manufacturers stated a lower horsepower rating than the real one. For example, Ford stated a 335 HP rating for the 428 Cobra Jet Mustang, while the actual one was about 410 HP.
R1Nw TIL: Nelly has sent two kids to college every year for the past 10 years.
pr4Z TIL Nullsoft purposely went from Winamp 3 to 5, because “nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin”.