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

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XEOmD TIL that the SAW franchise has saved over 360,000 lives. With the exception of the first & the 2009 movie, people could donate blood in exchange for free movies ticket. As of September 2017, 120,000 pints (57,000 L) of blood had been donated.
e0Pjn TIL in mizoram (India) every 50 years there is a phenomenon called 'rat bloom' where rat population explodes due to blooming of Mautam bamboos
jNQPM TIL: Texas law states that any two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat.
WkkBX TIL There are still large concrete arrows across the US from the Transcontinental Airway System, which helped pilots prior to radio navigation
mxdwE TIL Flo-Jo's world record in the 200 meters from 1988 somehow still stands. No woman has run that distance faster in over 30 years.