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TIL that 40% of all Guinness is consumed in Africa, and Nigeria consumes more than Ireland.

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xVgXg TIL Sec. 1021 allows the president of the United States to militarily detain U.S. citizens without due process,
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5YlXP TIL the island of Faisans in the middle of the Bidasoa river, on the border of Spain and France, switches countries every six months. This was agreed to as part of the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. This sort of joint sovereignty is called a condominium.