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TIL that 97% of the United States is rural.

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wolko TIL the Jeffersonians sought to align the American economy more with agriculture than industry. Part of their motive to do so was Jefferson's fear that the over-industrialization of America would create a class of wage slaves who relied on their employers for income and sustenance.
dkg8 TIL that since the global ban on commercial whaling in 1986, Japan is thought to have killed more than 14,000 whales for alleged scientific-research. The whale meat is then sold at market.
a769 TIL of Robert Johnson, a blues singer who allegedly sold his soul to the devil for fame. He saw no fame in his lifetime, but died at the age of 27, and became known as one of the greatest blues singers ever afterwards.
e0ZKk TIL Portugal produces more than 50% of the world's cork supply.
erv6 TIL that in the Siberian wilderness lives a woman named Agafia Laikov, a 70 old woman who is the last survivor of a ultra orthodox sect that fled Stalins prosecution and had no contact with outsiders for 40 years, not hearing about world war2 until the 1980’s