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TIL France is the only agriculturally self-sufficient country in Europe

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6ExA7 TIL 2095 billionaires own close to 10% of the world's GDP
epAgL TIL Chris Stapleton's cover of David Allen Coe's Tennessee Whiskey uses the melody of I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James, as Stapleton and his band played the song frequently on tour and decided to use it in the eventual cover.
7rloX TIL about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind.
0wjyy TIL, due to an increase in Internet addiction in South Korea, the government passed a law in 2011 called the Cinderella or Shutdown law. This policy bans children under the age of 16 from playing online games between 12am to 6am.
QJYPk TIL A roman consul was told before a crucial battle with Carthage that the auguries suggested he shouldn't go to battle, since the chicken didn't eat that day. Wishing to do it any way, he proclaimed "lets see if they will drink", and had the sacred chickens drowned. He fought and lost the battle