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TIL Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, and it has more people than the rest of Djibouti combined

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kJY9m TIL Fred Astair, who danced his butt off at The 1970 Oscars, was born in 1899
ZlbG TIL that prostitution was widely legal in the United States up until the early 1900’s, when the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union lobbied against it. This was the same union that was a driving force behind Prohibition in the 1920’s.
KOm0G TIL that the psychology of color plays a massive role in the soft drink industry’s beverage color selection
LkJ9d TIL of 'Death by GPS,' or the deaths of people who follow their GPS systems off cliffs, into lakes, and deep into the desert. These deaths are mainly attributed to "uncritical acceptance of turn-by-turn commands and paying more attention to the navigation system than what is in front of them."
yQZYX TIL in 2016 A tourist fell into an acidic pool in Yellowstone park and was dissolved in less than 24 hours