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TIL: India is the World Bank’s largest debtor and is almost double that of second place

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NLo6 TIL that a man was recovering in hospital after a car accident when all 17 of his girlfriends showed up at his bedside. None of the women were aware of each other.
rmbx TIL That for the Super Bowl Final they hire a cameraman to run onto the pitch to shoot the jingle “I’m going to Disney World!” of whoever Disney paid to say it if they win. Millions of dollars ride on his shoulders.
Znlp TIL When Andy Serkis (appearing as Gollum) delivered his acceptance speech for “Best Visual Performance,” in the Two Towers, at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, the speech itself won a Hugo award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form”
dDa8Z TIL that in 2017, an American high school student collapsed and died after drinking a latte from McDonald's, a large Mountain Dew soda, and a highly caffeinated energy drink in just under two hours
awaOA TIL Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime mister of indipendentCongo was assassinated by British MI6 and American CIA, in an effort to preserve Congo's mineral resources as a western asset.