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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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gM4lW TIL when Mussolini’s Air Force attacked Malta in WW2, the British garrison had no defense prepared against the air raids. Luckily, they discovered biplanes packed away in crates and were able to assemble three Gladiators to disrupt the Italians for 10 days before reinforcements arrived.
85V8 TIL In order to ease the pain in his throat from voicing Gollum, Andy Serkis would drink “Gollum Juice”, a mixture of honey, lemon and ginger.
0wK4N TIL there was a sex cult community called Rajneeshpuram in Oregon back in the 1980s. They had poisoned over 750 people to commit voter fraud and had multiple assassination attempts on the Wasco county officials although none of the assassination succeeded.
okpL TIL On average, Americans eat 90 acres of pizza per day.
XEyeX TIL Subway Rolls Contain So Much Sugar They are Not Considered Bread In Ireland