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TIL McDonald’s purchases approximately 75% of all the sesame seed crop grown in Mexico

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ANlXl TIL that Nollywood - Nigeria’s Hollywood - is the 2nd biggest film industry in the world. Bollywood is 1st.
L1VZ TIL America has the highest teen pregnancy rates of any nation the developed world. Within America, Mississippi has the highest rates. Every single county in Mississippi has a teen birth rate higher than the national average.
M7GdV TIL there's a national Earth Wind & Fire Day celebrated on September 21st of every year.
6Lbl TIL: The New Zealand government agreed to remove the right of workers to organise trade unions in the film production industry, and to give money to big budget films made in New Zealand in return for Warner Bros making The Hobbit films in New Zealand.
9wQym TIL a Volcano Snail with a shell of Iron is a real thing