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TIL One of The Rarest Salt in the World is from the Philippines (Asin Tibuok)

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rNapM Today I learned that Italy is the country with the most sites on the World Heritage Site list, with 58 areas. China comes in second place, with 56 protected sites, followed by Germany, with 51 sites.
8ek7a TIL the Wright brothers' father only flew once when he was already 82 years old. The aircraft rose to about 350 feet with the old man encouraging his son "Higher, Orville, higher!"
8eR7K TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.
6KpQ TIL that according to a 2000 study from Carnegie Mellon University, 87% of the U.S. Population can be uniquely identified using only date of birth, gender, and ZIP code.
yVOlM TIL Roy Sullivan is believed to have been struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life. He began carrying a can of water incase he caught on fire (which he did!)