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TIL that Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world by area and has no official capital city.

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rl4 TIL that Cydia, the program that is installed onto your iPhone when you jailbreak it, got its name from cydia pomonella which is the stereotypical “apple worm.”
J1Y8j TIL that Kmart is actually still VERY alive and well in Australia and NZ. They use the old, old logo and must not be affiliated with Sears/Kmart in US, and apparently do very well.
XxLP TIL that sodas have phosphates added because the amount of sugar in a glass is so high that a person would otherwise vomit if they drank it.
JdO1 TIL, in the early 1900s engineers actually reversed the Chicago River’s flow. It still flows in the opposite direction.
mjjM TIL When Gordon Ramsay was filming in Iceland, he lost his footing and fell during a descent off an 85 ft cliff, landing in the icy water below. His film crew reported he was submerged for at least 45 seconds.