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TIL that the Eastern US can be circumnavigated by boat
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TIL: Jimmy Carter didn’t found Habitat for Humanity, it was Millard and Linda Fuller, who did, but he has worked with them since 1984
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TIL the United States has a higher adult literacy rate than Europe and Japan despite its poor reputation in education
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TIL that Adolph Coors III, who was the heir to the Coors beer empire, was allergic to beer.
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TIL: After WWII, Allies introduced anti-censorship laws in Japan, leading to unique interpretations of obscenity. This inspired the tentacle porn industry, as mangaka Toshio Maeda explains how they used tentacles to evade the law.
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TIL that in 1866, the small European country of Liechtenstein sent a force of 80 men into a war. They fought no battles, and when they returned, they were 81 strong because an Italian had joined them to escape the war zone.