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TIL that the Equator line doesn't cross Equatorial Guinea

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VB0Wp TIL about Georges Ruggiu. A Belgian civil servant, who at 35 moved to Rwanda, become a radio presenter for the ruling party (despite not speaking the native language) and demonised the Tutsis, which ended in their genocide.
7rDop TIL that Japan already had HDTV in the 1990s, way before anywhere else
xV69k TIL that there were coin operated vending machines in ancient greece
jLJE TIL that during the Atlantic slave trade era, Brazil imported more slaves than any other country, and that Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery.
gE9X TIL the “Sailors’ Handshake” is a special handshake that can detect if a potential partner has Syphilis