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TIL That only the Chinese need to be reminded not to openly defecate at the Louvre in Paris

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6WW TIL that Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon, payed its executives millions in bonuses saying, 2010 was the safest year in their companies history.
6ElnY TIL that during the women’s gymnastics all-around final at the 2000 Olympics, the vaulting table was accidentally set 5 centimeters too low. Half of the gymnasts had vaulted before organizers fixed the error, and many of them had crashes.
EyO7 TIL The top 5 least corrupt countries in the world are all Scandinavian countries, New Zealand, and Singapore
KY8w6 TIL - Frances longest border is not Spain, Germany, or Italy but French Guiana a overseas territory of France, It shares a 730km (450mi) with Brazil
178W TIL that Canada was the third country to legalize same-sex marriage, after the Netherlands (2000) and Belgium (2003).